Girls of the Night (1961)

In the late 1950’s prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this profession they were sent to a reformatory. This is a story of one of these brave women Kuniko who is released from the reformatory and tries to build a new life.
Kinuyo Tanaka
Chisako Hara, Akemi Kita, Yōsuke Natsuki, Chieko Naniwa, Chieko Nakakita, Noriko Sengoku, Sadako Sawamura, Kokinji Katsura, Akihiko Hirata, Hisaya Ito, Misako Tominaga, Chieko Seki, Kin Sugai, Fumiko Okamura, Kiyomi Mizunoya, Masumi Harukawa, Yaeko Izumo, Eijiro Sakauchi, Shigeo Nakahara, Bin Amatsu, Senkichi Ômura, Michiyo Tsukino, Katae Ozu, Yoko Saegusa, Kazue Tagami, Yuki Aresa, Yoshiko Nogawa, Satoko Fukai, Junko Kuroda, Chiyoko Mizumachi, Yoshie Kumagai, Chikage Awashima, Kyōko Kagawa
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