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Street of Shame

1956 · 87 min

A quiet, sorrowful ensemble portrait that drifts between women's small hopes and quiet humiliations, leaving a lingering ache of resignation.

Directed by: Kenji Mizoguchi
Genres: Drama
Starring: Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Kogure

Tagline: Men were their prey! Beauty was their lure!
Overview: Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

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Directed by: Kenji Mizoguchi
Genres: Drama
Starring: Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Kogure

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
politics
class
family
survival
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Kenji Mizoguchi
Written by: Masashige Narusawa
Starring: Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Kogure, Aiko Mimasu, Kenji Sugawara, Yasuko Kawakami, Eitarō Shindō, Bontarō Miake
Music: Toshirō Mayuzumi
Cinematography: Kazuo Miyagawa
Runtime: 87 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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