Japan
1956
85 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
Japanese
For his final film, Mizoguchi brought a lifetime of experience to bear on the heartbreaking tale of a brothel full of women whose dreams are constantly being shattered by the socioeconomic realities surrounding them. Set in Tokyo’s Red Light District (the literal translation of the Japanese title), Street of Shame was so cutting, and its popularity so great, that when an antiprostitution law was passed in Japan just a few months after the film’s release, some said it was a catalyst.
| Mickey | Machiko Kyo |
| Yumeko | Aiko Mimasu |
| Yasumi | Ayako Wakao |
| Hanae | Michiyo Kogure |
| Shizuko | Yasuko Kawakami |
| Taya | Eitarô Shindô |
| Eikoh | Kenji Sugawara |
| Policeman | Bontaro Miake |
| Mickey’s father | Toranosuke Ogawa |
| Director | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| Producer | Masaichi Nagata |
| Screenplay | Masashige Narusawa |
| Based partly on the novel “Women of Susaki” by | Yoshiko Shibaki |
| Cinematography | Kazuo Miagawa |
| Editing | Kanji Sugawara |
| Music | Tashiro Mayuzumi |
| Art direction | Hiroshi Mizutani |
The ongoing rediscovery of the multitude of masterworks that made up the career of Kenji Mizoguchi continues with the release of Eclipse Series 13: Kenji Mizoguchi’s Fallen Women. The set, writes Dennis Lim in the http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-secondlook19-2008oct19...
Though he had been directing films since the silent era, collaborating with many different film studios in various genres, Kenji Mizoguchi didn’t become an international sensation until after the Second World War, benefiting, as did his compatriot Akira Kurosawa, from a new fascination with Japan’s...
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