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For his final film, Mizoguchi 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 Red Light District (the literal translation of the Japanese title), Street of Shame was so cutting, and its popularity so great, that when an antiprostitution law was passed in Japan just a few months after the film's release, some said it was a catalyst.
Original Release
03/18/1956
US Release
06/04/1959
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Machiko Kyô | Mickey |
Ayako Wakao | Yasumi |
Michiyo Kogure | Hanae |
Aiko Mimasu | Yumeko |
Kenji Sugawara | Eiko |
Yasuko Kawakami | Shizuko |
Eitarô Shindô | Kurazô Taya |
Bontarô Miake | Nightwatchman |
Haruo Tanaka | |
Sadako Sawamura | Tatsuko Taya |
Directors
Writers
Masashige Narusawa, Yoshiko Shibaki
Cast
Name | Character |
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Machiko Kyô | Mickey |
Ayako Wakao | Yasumi |
Michiyo Kogure | Hanae |
Aiko Mimasu | Yumeko |
Kenji Sugawara | Eiko |
Yasuko Kawakami | Shizuko |
Eitarô Shindô | Kurazô Taya |
Bontarô Miake | Nightwatchman |
Haruo Tanaka | |
Sadako Sawamura | Tatsuko Taya |
Daisuke Katô | President of Brothel Owners' Association |
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, Yumeko's son |
Ken'ichi Miyajima | Hanae's client |
Toranosuke Ogawa | Mickey's Father (cameo) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Masaichi Nagata | Producer |