Street of shame = Akasen chitai

Author

Kenji Mizoguchi

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Full screen version.

Languages

Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.

Performers

Machiko Kyo, Ayako Wakao, Yasuko Kawakami.

Publication Information

[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, 2008.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

In a brothel in Tokyo's red-light district, a group of working women, their profession on the verge of being outlawed, deal with life's disappointments, large and small. This beautiful, humane film was Mizoguchi's last.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.