Film

Gate of Flesh

5.819771h 37mDrama

Director: Shōgorō Nishimura
Year: 1977

The background is Yuraku-cho in Tokyo and the film shows how desperately the women, who had led sheltered lives before the war, struggled to keep alive and the innate strength of post-war women.

Top cast

Reiko Kayama

Maya

Miyako Yamaguchi

Sen

Izumi Shima

Mino

Tokuko Watanabe

Oroku

Seiji Endō

Rei Okamoto

Prostitute A

Kenji Shiiya

Asai

Akira Ōizumi

Furuta

Kenji Shimamura

Farmer

Maya Kudô

Prostitute D

Midori Mori

Prostitute C

Nakajirō Tomita

Horitome

Akira Hanaue

Misumi

Nagatoshi Sakamoto

Nagai

Akira Takahashi

Rich Man

Junko Miyashita

Machiko Kikuma

Asami Morikawa

Prostitute B

Mikiko Sakai

Directed by

Shōgorō Nishimura

Written by

Yōzō Tanaka

Produced by

Akira Miura