Street of Shame (1956)
With Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao, Kenji Sahara, Daisuke Katō, Michiyo Kogure, Sadako Sawamura, Eitarō Shindō
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasuzō Masumura
Street of Shame (赤線地帯, Akasen chitai; lit. "Red-light district") is a 1956 Japanese drama film and the last film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. The story, which revolves around a group of women of different backgrounds who work together in a brothel in Tokyo, is based on the novel Susaki no onna by Yoshiko Shibaki.
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