Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
1956•1h 21m•7.0•Released
Drama
A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off into a nearby noodle shop, where he gets a job delivering noodles. Tsutue charms and runs off with one of her clients. Yoshigi, ignoring the attentions of a sweet co-worker, pursues Tsutue.
Director
Yūzō Kawashima
Writer
Toshiro Ide, Nobuyoshi Terada
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Nikkatsu Corporation
Cast
Michiyo Aratama
Tsutae
Yukiko Todoroki
Otoku
Seizaburō Kawazu
Mr. Ochiai
Tatsuya Mihashi
Yoshiji
Izumi Ashikawa
Tamako
Shinsuke Maki
Nobuo
Noriko Katsura
Woman Applying for Housemaid
Fudeko Tanaka
Prostitute of a Certain Age
Kenjiro Uemura
Denshichi
Kyōzō Fuyuki
Soba Shop Owner
Shoichi Ozawa
Sankichi
Zenji Yamada
Man Looks Like Carpenter
Akiko Kikuno
Keiko Sumida
Denshichi's Woman
Asako Tsuda
Hatsue
Production
Company
Nikkatsu Corporation
Producer
Shizuo Sakagami
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