The Straits of Love and Hate

Name: The Straits of Love and Hate
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Released: 1937

Kenji Mizoguchi

class discrimination seduction and abandonment single motherhood itinerant life survival

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Synopsis

A servant girl is seduced and abandoned by her lover, a man from a higher social class, forcing her to navigate a harsh world as an itinerant performer to survive and raise their child.

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