Akasen chitai
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The final film of director Kenji Mizoguchi follows the lives of five prostitutes in the Yoshiwara region of Tokyo. Each has a different story and different plans, but they all share an uncertain future as they face the outlawing of their profession.
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Daiei Kabushiki Kaisha seisaku ; seisaku Nagata Masaichi ; kyakuhon Narizawa Masashige ; kantoku Mizoguchi Kenji = Street of shame / Daiei Motion Picture Company presents ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay by Masashige Nakamura ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
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Akasen chitai
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :, The Criterion Collection,, 2008
Characteristics:
1 videodisc (85 min.) :,sd., b&w :,4 3/4 in
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Add a CommentThe Japanese title is 赤線地帯 or red-lined area, lirerally, because the police controlled the district by delineated it on the map by red line. This 85-minute film was made in 1955 and is the final film of director Kenji Mizoguchi (溝口健二), who brought a lifetime of experience to bear on the heartbreaking tale of a brothel full of women whose dreams are constantly being shattered by the socioeconomic realities surrounding them. Set in Tokyo's oldest red-light district, this film shows the last living scenes just before an antiprostitution law was passed in Japan.
Fascinating and fun to watch at the same time.