JAPAN · 1948

Women of the Night

Kenji Mizoguchi
Japanese Golden Age post war survival sex work female displacement class struggle family bonds
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Synopsis

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

Year1948
CountryJapan
DirectorKenji Mizoguchi
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