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Film

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1954 · 111 min · ★ 8 · Dir. Kaneto Shindō

Toku, a factory worker gives food to a starving woman, Tsuru, who then follows him home. He shares a shack in a shanty village in Kawasaki with his friend Pin-chan. The two men try to get rid of her but then let her stay when she gives them money. Tsuru tells the people of the village that she lost her job due to a strike, then was robbed of her severance pay, then sold to a brothel in Tsuchiura. She ran away with a friend from Kawasaki. Toku and Pin-chan sell her to a geisha house and spend the money. She is thrown out. The owner demands his money back. Tsuru earns the money to pay their debt by working as a prostitute outside the station. The other prostitutes beat her. She fends them off with a policeman's revolver and is then shot dead by the police.

Starring

Nobuko Otowa
Nobuko Otowa
Tsuru
Jūkichi Uno
Jūkichi Uno
Taiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Sō Yamamura
Sō Yamamura
Ichirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai
Kamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara
Takashi Kanda
Takashi Kanda
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Yoshi Katō
Yoshi Katō
Kinzō Shin
Kinzō Shin
Bokuzen Hidari
Bokuzen Hidari
Chieko Nakakita
Chieko Nakakita
Mayuri Mokushô
Chōko Iida
Chōko Iida
Tamae Kiyokawa
Tamae Kiyokawa
Ranko Akagi
Yumi Takano
Yumi Takano
Noriko Honma
Noriko Honma