Women of the Night

Women of the Night

Yoru no onnatachi
🎞️ Movie 75 min JP
โ˜… 7.2 /10 1948

In the post-war Japan, Fusako Owada lives in the home of her mother-in-law with her baby that is ill while waits for the return of her husband from the war. When she learns that her husband has died and her baby also dies, she moves to another city with her neighbor Kumiko Owada to work as secretary executive for the opium dealer Kenzô Kuriyama. One day, she stumbles upon her missed sister Natsuko Kimijima that has returned from the Korea on the street and she learns that Natsuko works as a dancer in a night-club. Natsuko moves to Fusako and Kumiko's apartment and soon she has a love affair with Fusako's boss. However Fusako is secretly Kuriyama's mistress and upset, she vanishes. One day, a client of Natsuko in the night-club tells to her that he saw Fusako in the Red Light District. Natsuko that is pregnant decides to seek her sister out in the prostitution area. Will she find Fusako?

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
Fusako Owada
Sanae Takasugi
Sanae Takasugi
Natsuko Kimijima
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Tomie Tsunoda
Kumiko Owada
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Mitsuo Nagata
Kenzô Kuriyama
Kōju Murata
Kōju Murata
Hospital Director
Kumeko Urabe
Kumeko Urabe
Brothel-keeper
Kikue Môri
Kikue Môri
Second Hand Clothes Shop Proprietres
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Minpei Tomimoto
Koji Owada
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Umeko Ôbayashi
Tokuko Owada
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Hiroshi Aoyama
Kiyoshi Kawakita
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Hisato Osawa
Composer
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Kōhei Sugiyama
Cinematographer