Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

Jul 31, 1956

1h 21m

★ 7.0

Overview

A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off into a nearby noodle shop, where he gets a job delivering noodles. Tsutue charms and runs off with one of her clients. Yoshigi, ignoring the attentions of a sweet co-worker, pursues Tsutue.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

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Cast

Tsutae

Michiyo Aratama

Otoku

Yukiko Todoroki

Mr. Ochiai

Seizaburō Kawazu

Yoshiji

Tatsuya Mihashi

Tamako

Izumi Ashikawa

Nobuo

Shinsuke Maki

Woman Applying for Housemaid

Noriko Katsura

Prostitute of a Certain Age

Fudeko Tanaka

Denshichi

Kenjiro Uemura

Soba Shop Owner

Kyōzō Fuyuki

Sankichi

Shoichi Ozawa

Man Looks Like Carpenter

Zenji Yamada

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