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
Unknown
Rei Okamoto
Prostitute A
Kenji Shiiya
Asai
Akira Ōizumi
Furuta
Kenji Shimamura
Farmer
Maya Kudô
Prostitute D
Midori Mori
Prostitute C
Nakajirō Tomita
Horitome
Akira Hanagami
Misumi
Nagatoshi Sakamoto
Nagai
Akira Takahashi
Rich Man
Junko Miyashita
Machiko Kikuma
Asami Morikawa
Prostitute B
Mikiko Sakai
Unknown
Ikunosuke Koizumi
Unknown
Tadayuki Kitagami
Unknown
Tamaki Komiyama
Unknown
Saburō Shōji
Unknown
Crew
Shōgorō Nishimura
Director
Yōzō Tanaka
Screenplay
Taijirō Tamura
Novel
Toyoharu Nishimura
Editor
Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Director of Photography
Koji Okamoto
Assistant Director
Shiro Sasaki
Executive Producer
Akira Miura
Producer
Tsugio Hattori
Producer's Assistant
Eiji Kimura
Sound Recordist
Masahiro Takashima
Lighting Director
Cosmos Factory
Original Music Composer
コスモスファクトリー
Songs
Yuji Meguro
Still Photographer
Hiroshi Tokuda
Art Direction
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