Gate of Flesh

肉体の門

1977·97'

Shōgorō Nishimura

Drama

Japanese

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The background is Yuraku-cho in Tokyo and the film shows how desperately the women, who had led sheltered lives before the war, struggled to keep alive and the innate strength of post-war women.

Cast

Reiko Kayama Maya Miyako Yamaguchi Sen Izumi Shima Mino Tokuko Watanabe Oroku

Seiji Endō Rei Okamoto Prostitute A

Kenji Shiiya Asai Akira Ōizumi Furuta

Kenji Shimamura Farmer

Maya Kudô Prostitute D

Midori Mori Prostitute C Nakajirō Tomita Horitome