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Status
Released
Release
1956
Runtime
1h 27m
Criterion Channel
Plex
Plex Channel"Men were their prey! Beauty was their lure!"
Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
22 Cast Members
Machiko Kyō
Mickey
Ayako Wakao
Yasumi
Michiyo Kogure
Hanae
Aiko Mimasu
Yumeko
Kenji Sugawara
Eiko
Yasuko Kawakami
Shizuko
Eitarō Shindō
Kurazô Taya
Bontarō Miake
Officer Nonomura
Haruo Tanaka
Osaka Salesman
Sadako Sawamura
Tatsuko Taya
Daisuke Katō
Mr. Nomura
Hisao Toake
Shiomi
Jun Tatara
Yumeko's Client
Osamu Maruyama
Sato Yasukichi
Hiroko Machida
Yorie
Kumeko Urabe
Otane
Fujio Harumoto
Aoki
Yosuke Irie
Kadowaki Shuichi
Kenichi Miyajima
Hanae's Client
Toranosuke Ogawa
Mickey's Father
