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Drama

Women of the Night

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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.

Release Date : 1948-05-26

Language :Japanese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Shochiku

Production Country : Japan

Alternative Titles : Women of the Night

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

Character Name : Fusako Owada

Original Name : 田中絹代

Gender : Female

Sanae Takasugi

Character Name : Natsuko Kimijima

Original Name : 高杉早苗

Gender : Female

Kumeko Urabe

Character Name : Brothel Keeper

Original Name : 浦辺粂子

Gender : Female

Tomie Tsunoda

Character Name : Kumiko Owada

Original Name : Tomie Tsunoda

Gender : Female

Mitsuo Nagata

Character Name : Kenzô Kuriyama

Original Name : 永田光男

Gender : Male

Hiroshi Aoyama

Character Name :

Original Name : 青山宏

Gender : Male

Fusako Maki

Character Name :

Original Name : Fusako Maki

Gender : Female

Kikue Mōri

Character Name :

Original Name : 毛利菊枝

Gender : Female

Sadako Sawamura

Character Name :

Original Name : 沢村貞子

Gender : Female

Ken Tanaka

Character Name :

Original Name : Ken Tanaka

Gender : Male

Minpei Tomimoto

Character Name :

Original Name : 富本民平

Gender : Male

Kumeko Urabe

Character Name : Brothel-keeper

Original Name : 浦辺粂子

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-09

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.