Street of Shame (1956)

Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyo's Yoshiwara district. As the Diet considers a ban on prostitution, the women's daily dramas play out. Each has dreams and motivations. Hanae is married, her husband unemployed; they have a young child. Yumeko, a widow, uses her earnings to raise and support her son, who's now old enough to work and care for her. The aging Yorie has a man who wants to marry her. Yasumi saves money diligently to pay her debt and get out; she also has a suitor who wants to marry her, but she has other plans for him. Mickey seems the most devil-may-care, until her father comes from Kobe to bring her news of her family and ask her to come home.

Kenji Mizoguchi

Masashige Narusawa Yoshiko Shibaki

Aiko Mimasu Ayako Wakao Bontarô Miake Daisuke Katô Eitarô Shindô Fujio Harumoto Haruo Tanaka Hiroko Machida Hisao Toake Jun Tatara Kenji Mizoguchi Kenji Sugawara Kumeko Urabe Machiko Kyô Masashige Narusawa Michiyo Kogure Osamu Maruyama Sadako Sawamura Yasuko Kawakami Yoshiko Shibaki Yosuke Irie