Street of Shame (1956)
Akasen chitai (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 1h 26min
- Drama
- 04 Jun 1959 (USA)
- Movie
The personal tales of various prostitutes who occupy a brothel.
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Awards:
- 2 wins & 1 nomination.
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| Machiko Kyô | ... |
Mickey
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| Ayako Wakao | ... |
Yasumi
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| Michiyo Kogure | ... |
Hanae
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Aiko Mimasu | ... |
Yumeko
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Kenji Sugawara | ... |
Eiko
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Yasuko Kawakami | ... |
Shizuko
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| Eitarô Shindô | ... |
Kurazô Taya
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Bontarô Miake | ... |
Officer Nonomura
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| Haruo Tanaka | ... |
Osaka Salesman
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| Sadako Sawamura | ... |
Tatsuko Taya
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| Daisuke Katô | ... |
Yukio Miyazaki, President of Brothel Owners' Association
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Hisao Toake | ... |
Shiomi
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Jun Tatara | ... |
Yumeko's client
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Osamu Maruyama | ... |
Sato Yasukichi
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Hiroko Machida | ... |
Yorie
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| Kumeko Urabe | ... |
Otane
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| Fujio Harumoto | ... |
Aoki
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Yosuke Irie | ... |
Kadowaki Shuichi, Yumeko's son
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Ken'ichi Miyajima | ... |
Hanae's client
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| Toranosuke Ogawa | ... |
Mickey's Father (cameo)
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| Kokuten Kôdô | ... |
Kadowaki Keisaku, Yumeko's father-in-law (cameo)
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| Eiko Miyoshi | ... |
Kadowaki Saku, Yumeko's mother-in-law
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Toshiyuki Obara |
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Joe Ohara |
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Shiroyuki Miyajima |
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Kyôsuke Shiho |
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Mitsuko Takesato |
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Sachiko Meguro |
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Directed by
| Kenji Mizoguchi | ||
Written by
| Masashige Narusawa | ... | (written by) |
| Yoshiko Shibaki | ... | (novel "Susaki no Onna") |
Produced by
| Masaichi Nagata | ... | producer |
Music by
| Toshirô Mayuzumi | ||
Cinematography by
| Kazuo Miyagawa | ||
Editing by
| Kanji Suganuma | ... | (as Kanji Sugawara) |
Production Design by
| Hisao Ichikawa | ||
| Hiroshi Mizutani | ||
Set Decoration by
| Shigeharu Onda | ||
Costume Design by
| Tsugio Tôgô | ||
Makeup Department
| Noboru Ishizaka | ... | key hair stylist |
| Umeka Shinozaki | ... | hair stylist |
Production Management
| Keiichi Sakane | ... | executive in charge of production |
| Hiromitsu Ôoka | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Yasuzô Masumura | ... | assistant director |
| Bainari Nakamura | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Taijirô Gotô | ... | assistant art director (as Taijiro Goto) |
| Kiichi Ishizaki | ... | set designer |
| Ichirô Kanda | ... | props |
| Tarô Kawahara | ... | background artist |
Sound Department
| Katsutarô Hanaoka | ... | sound effects editor (as Katsujirô Hanaoka) |
| Mitsuo Hasegawa | ... | sound |
| Yasutarô Shimizu | ... | sound recordist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Yukio Itô | ... | gaffer |
| Shôzô Kanaya | ... | decorative illumination (as Shôgo Kanaya) |
| Yoshitami Shigemori | ... | still photographer |
| Gentarô Takuma | ... | lighting technician |
| Shôzô Tanaka | ... | camera operator |
Additional Crew
| Ayako Irie | ... | archivist |
| Ôtei Kaneko | ... | title designer |
| Tomekichi Kumazawa | ... | movement director |
| Hiroaki Okumura | ... | stage manager |
| Otojirô Sakane | ... | garden |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Daiei (1956) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Pallas Filmverleih (1957) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Gala Film Distributors (1958) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Edward Harrison (1959) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Filmco Norway (1959) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Globe Films International (1960) (Italy) (theatrical)
- 2ème chaîne ORTF (1974) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Embassy Home Entertainment (United States) (video)
- France 2 (FR2) (1999) (France) (tv)
- trigon-film (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Eclipse from the Criterion Collection (2008) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Eureka Entertainment (2008) (United Kingdom) (DVD) (subtitled)
- The Criterion Collection (2008) (United States) (DVD)
- trigon-film (2008) (Austria)
- trigon-film (2008) (Germany)
- trigon-film (2009) (Switzerland) (DVD) (special edition)
- Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting (2012) (Japan) (tv)
- Films sans Frontières (2015) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Leopardo Filmes (2017) (Portugal)
- Capricci Films (2019) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- Les Bookmakers (2019) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital) (subtitled)
- ARTE (2021) (Germany) (tv)
- ARTE (2021) (France) (tv)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyo's Yoshiwara district. As the Diet considers a ban on prostitution, the women's daily dramas play out. Each has dreams and motivations. Hanae is married, her husband unemployed; they have a young child. Yumeko, a widow, uses her earnings to raise and support her son, who's now old enough to work and care for her. The aging Yorie has a man who wants to marry her. Yasumi saves money diligently to pay her debt and get out; she also has a suitor who wants to marry her, but she has other plans for him. Mickey seems the most devil-may-care, until her father comes from Kobe to bring her news of her family and ask her to come home.
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| Taglines | A true story of the personal and professional lives of the girls in a legal house of prostitution in Japan. See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The film was so popular with Japanese audiences upon its initial release, and so poignant in its portrayal of the lives of prostitutes that when an anti-prostitution law was passed in Japan just a few months later, some said it was a catalyst. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Manshû Musume (aka: Manchurian girl) See more » |