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Women of the night’ details how two sisters are driven to prostitution by poverty. The narrative blocks out this nether world life with a well developed story which gives a moving portrayal of their lives, fraught with attempts at escape. In the film’s climax the two women are accused of being traitors to their class by the judge and jury who are fellow whores. A feminist tract, ‘Women of the night’ is a moving drama plotting the destroyed lives of two women.
Credits: Producer, Mitsushio Shimizu ; director, Kenji Mizoguchi ; writer, Yoshitaka Yoda ; photography, Shigeto Miki ; music, Hisato Osawa ; editing, Tazuko Sakane.
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Sanae Takasugi, Mitsuo Nagata, Tomie Tsunoda, Kumeko Urabe, Minpei Tomimoto.
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ACMI Identifier
F000054
Languages
English
Japanese
Subject category
Foreign language films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
35mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)