Four and A Half Mats (1966)
Shino, a resilient young woman sold into prostitution must navigate the gritty realities of the red-light district to survive. Within the confines of her small 4½-mat room, she encounters a variety of men, using her wit and body to endure a system designed to exploit her.
Director: Masashige Narusawa
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Yoshiko Mita as Fukazawa Shino |
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Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Tasukichi Oshima |
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Takahiro Tamura as Tadashi Yoshioka |
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Yumiko Nogawa as Kimi Yoneyama |
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Tatsuo Endō as Kikuzo Segawa |
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Michiyo Kogure as Taneko Tachibana |
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Eitarō Shindō as Yasuzō Fukazawa |
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Eijirō Tōno as Uyu |
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Yuriko Mishima as Michiyo Andō |
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Jiro Okazaki as Hideo Sugimura |
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Kumeko Urabe as Riku |
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Minken Karasawa as Kumagai |
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Ayako Satō as |
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Yoshihiro Igarashi as |
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Shintaro Nasu as |
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Tokinosuke Nakamura as |
| Lighting | Hiroshi Watada | Lighting Director |
| Directing | Masashige Narusawa | Director |
| Editing | Tadao Kanda | Editor |
| Writing | Masashige Narusawa | Writer |
| Writing | Kafu Nagai | Novel |
| Camera | Jūhei Suzuki | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Shigeji Nakayama | Recording Supervision |
| Sound | Harumi Ibe | Music |
| Art | Takatoshi Suzuki | Art Direction |