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Women of the Night

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7.1/10 • 30

1948-05-261h 14m

Drama

In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.

Directors
Kenji Mizoguchi
Editors
Tazuko Sakane

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  1. Kinuyo Tanaka

    Kinuyo Tanaka

    Fusako Owada

  2. Sanae Takasugi

    Sanae Takasugi

    Natsuko Kimijima

  3. Kumeko Urabe

    Kumeko Urabe

    Brothel Keeper

  4. Tomie Tsunoda

    Tomie Tsunoda

    Kumiko Owada

  5. Mitsuo Nagata

    Mitsuo Nagata

    Kenzô Kuriyama

  6. Hiroshi Aoyama

    Hiroshi Aoyama

  7. Fusako Maki

    Fusako Maki

  8. Kikue Mōri

    Kikue Mōri

  9. Sadako Sawamura

    Sadako Sawamura

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CinemaSerf

Jul 9, 2022

4/10

Sadly, this is an overly convoluted tale that could have done rather more had William Rowland kept his cast focused. As it is, it's a fairly preposterous tale of some die-hard Nazis who may have a secret cosmic ray in the Oriental theatre of War. Determined to keep it from their Japanese allies who have just been victim to the Nagasaki A-bomb, much of the action takes place in a bordello, of sorts, where women have been drafted in from Shanghai University to "entertain" the Japanese officers and who are now bent on vengeance - or at least most of them are. Is there a traitor amongst them? Meantime, one of the German officers might be a spy too? There are far too many sub-plots, the writing is rambling and the performances are nothing much to write home about.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
osaka, japanprostitutionpost war japan