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Women of the Night( 1948)

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Overview

In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Kinuyo Tanaka

      Fusako Owada

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      Sanae Takasugi

      Natsuko Kimijima

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      Kumeko Urabe

      Brothel Keeper

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      Tomie Tsunoda

      Kumiko Owada

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      Mitsuo Nagata

      Kenzô Kuriyama

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      Hiroshi Aoyama

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      Fusako Maki

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      Kikue Mōri

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      Sadako Sawamura

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      Ken Tanaka

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      Minpei Tomimoto

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      Kumeko Urabe

      Brothel-keeper

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    4
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jul 09 2022
    Sadly, this is an overly convoluted tale that could have done rather more had William Rowland kept his cast focused. As it is, it's a fairly preposterous tale of some die-hard Nazis who may have a secret cosmic ray in the Oriental theatre of War. Determined to keep it from their Japanese allies who have just been victim to the Nagasaki A-bomb, much of the action takes place in a bordello, of sorts, where women have been drafted in from Shanghai University to "entertain" the Japanese officers and who are now bent on vengeance - or at least most of them are. Is there a traitor amongst them? Meant...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • osaka, japan
    • prostitution
    • post war japan