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Synopsis
Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Cinematic DNA
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Japan · Japanese Golden Age
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When Mizoguchi died in August , he was on the point of filming his first postwar comedy, Osaka Story . The script was realised in by director Kozaburo Yoshimura.
When Mizoguchi died in August , he was on the point of filming his first postwar comedy, Osaka Story . The script was realised in by director Kozaburo Yoshimura.
Crucified Lovers / A Story From Chikamatsu
Films with Similar Themes
prostitution · women's rights · labor exploitation · social legislation · Japanese society
