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Hero of the Red Light District (1960)

Directed by Tomu Uchida

Overview

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him, until an indentured peasant prostitute, Tamarazu, takes the unsavoury assignment and treats him with brash tenderness.

Length 109 minutes

Actors

Chiezô Kataoka | Yoshie Mizutani | Isao Kimura | Minoru Chiaki | Shinobu Chihara | Hiroshi Mizuno | Tsukie Matsuura | Eijirô Kataoka | Kyôko Aoyama | Fumiko Okamura | Kensaku Hara | Sadako Sawamura | Harue Tone | Masao Mishima | Toyo Takahashi | Kogiku Hanayagi | Yachiyo Kirishima | Harumi Matsukaze | Shinnosuke Ogata | Hiroshi Katô | Kusuo Abe | Ryuji Kita | Gorô Naniwa | Kyônosuke Murai | Mineko Maruhira | Kinnosuke Takamatsu | Kisho Nomura | Chieko Taki | Kunijirô Yanagi | Shirô Osaki | Yoshiko Yashioji