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Inn of Evil
JAPAN · 1971

Inn of Evil

Masaki Kobayashi
feudal Japan smuggling prostitution forbidden commerce moral redemption
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Synopsis

In feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world is strictly prohibited, an idealist appears at an isolated inn, headquarters of smugglers with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one forced to work in a brothel.

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