Rent Akasen Chitai (1956)
4.0 of 5 from 72 ratings
1h 26min
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- Synopsis:
- In a Tokyo brothel named Dreamland - an obvious irony given the faded hopes of those who work there - the lives of five prostitutes intersect. Each has a very different story for how they entered the profession, but what they share is the struggle to make sense of the red light district and its cycle of exploitation. Filmed shortly before the Japanese government's introduction of an antiprostitution bill, 'Akasen Chitai' is a compelling study of women torn between financial necessity and questions of conscience.
- Actors:
- Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Kogure, Kenji Sugawara, Yasuko Kawakami, Eitarô Shindô, Bontarô Miake, Haruo Tanaka, Sadako Sawamura, Daisuke Katô, Hisao Toake, Jun Tatara, Osamu Maruyama, Hiroko Machida, Kumeko Urabe, Fujio Harumoto, Yosuke Irie, Ken'ichi Miyajima, Toranosuke Ogawa
- Directors:
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Producers:
- Masaichi Nagata
- Writers:
- Masashige Narusawa, Yoshiko Shibaki
- Aka:
- Street of Shame
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 1, The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Kenji Mizoguchi, Top 10 Best Last Films: World Cinema, Top Films
- Countries:
- Japan
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