Mar 18, 1956
87 min
Full-HD

Street of Shame (1956)

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

Machiko Kyō

Mickey

Ayako Wakao

Yasumi

Michiyo Kogure

Hanae

Aiko Mimasu

Yumeko

Kenji Sugawara

Eiko

Yasuko Kawakami

Shizuko

Eitarō Shindō

Kurazô Taya

Bontarō Miake

Officer Nonomura

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