Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956)
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.
Director:
Yūzō Kawashima
Writers:
Nobuyoshi Terada, Toshiro Ide.
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Michiyo Aratama as Tsutae |
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Yukiko Todoroki as Otoku |
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Seizaburō Kawazu as Mr. Ochiai |
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Tatsuya Mihashi as Yoshiji |
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Izumi Ashikawa as Tamako |
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Shinsuke Maki as Nobuo |
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Noriko Katsura as Woman Applying for Housemaid |
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Fudeko Tanaka as Prostitute of a Certain Age |
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Kenjiro Uemura as Denshichi |
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Kyōzō Fuyuki as Soba Shop Owner |
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Shoichi Ozawa as Sankichi |
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Zenji Yamada as Man Looks Like Carpenter |
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Akiko Kikuno as |
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Keiko Sumida as Denshichi's Woman |
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Asako Tsuda as Hatsue |
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Ikunosuke Koizumi as Sushi Shop Owner |
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Koichiro Sakai as Policeman #1 |
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Minoru Sato as Policeman #2 |
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Yoshirō Katō as Radio Shop Clerk |
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Tsuchiyasu Kinohara as Boat Man |
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Tomio Aoki as Ice Man |
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Kazuko Tani as Singer |
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Masami Miyaji as Sushi Shop Girl |
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Aomi Shiba as Landlady's Neighbour |
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Toshiko Suzuki as Prostitute #1 |
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Reiko Kuba as Prostitute #2 |
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Midori Mori as Prostitute #3 |
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Atsuko Katô as Bus Conductor |
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Hisao Murata as Worker #1 |
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Isao Yoshida as Worker #2 |
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Tomi Tsubaki as Worker #3 |
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Shinkichi Ube as Tattoed Man |
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Setsuko Suzukawa as Companion Lady |
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Tôru Hiranuma as Kazuo |
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Kaoru Matsumoto as Toshio |
| Directing | Yūzō Kawashima | Director |
| Camera | Kuratarō Takamura | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Riichirō Manabe | Music |
| Sound | Fumio Hashimoto | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Shizuo Sakagami | Producer |
| Editing | Tadashi Nakamura | Editor |
| Writing | Yoshiko Shibaki | Original Story |
| Lighting | Mitsuo Onishi | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Kimihiko Nakamura | Production Design |
| Production | Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Writing | Nobuyoshi Terada | Screenplay |
| Writing | Toshiro Ide | Screenplay |