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Woman Of Tokyo
JAPAN · 1933

Woman Of Tokyo

Yasujiro Ozu
sacrifice prostitution family obligation economic hardship sibling relationships
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Synopsis

Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.

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