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Hero of the Red Light District (1960)
Directed by Tomu Uchida
Drama, History · 1h 49m
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him, until an indentured peasant prostitute, Tamarazu, takes the unsavoury assignment and treats him with brash tenderness.
Cast
Chiezo Kataoka
Yoshie Mizutani
Isao Kimura
Minoru Chiaki
Shinobu Chihara
Kogiku Hanayagi
Eijirō Kataoka
Kyoko Aoyama
Fumiko Okamura
Kensaku Hara
Crew
- Director
- Tomu Uchida
- Screenplay
- Yoshikata Yoda
- Director of Photography
- Sadaji Yoshida
- Original Music Composer
- Tamezō Mochizuki
- Editor
- Shintarō Miyamoto
Details
- Original title
- 妖刀物語 花の吉原百人斬り
- Release date
- 1960-09-03
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Toei Company