Hero of the Red Light District (1960)
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.
Director:
Tomu Uchida
Writer:
Yoshikata Yoda
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Chiezo Kataoka as Sano Jiro |
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Yoshie Mizutani as Tamazuru |
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Isao Kimura as |
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Minoru Chiaki as Jôsuke |
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Shinobu Chihara as Yaegaki |
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Kogiku Hanayagi as Iwahashi |
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Hiroshi Mizuno as |
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Tsukie Matsuura as |
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Eijirō Kataoka as |
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Kyoko Aoyama as |
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Fumiko Okamura as |
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Kensaku Hara as |
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Sadako Sawamura as |
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Harue Tone as |
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Masao Mishima as |
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Toyo Takahashi as |
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Kogiku Hanayagi as |
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Yachiyo Kirishima as |
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Harumi Matsukaze as |
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Shinnosuke Ogata as |
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Hiroshi Kato as |
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Kusuo Abe as |
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Ryuji Kita as |
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Gorō Naniwa as |
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Kyōnosuke Murai as |
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Mineko Maruhira as |
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Kinnosuke Takamatsu as |
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Kisho Nomura as |
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Chieko Taki as |
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Kunijirō Yanagi as |
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Shirō Osaki as |
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Yoshiko Yashioji as |
| Directing | Tomu Uchida | Director |
| Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
| Art | Jun'ichirô Tamaki | Production Design |
| Camera | Sadaji Yoshida | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gô Mikami | Costume Design |
| Art | Mineo Kamiwa | Set Designer |
| Art | Takatoshi Suzuki | Art Direction |
| Art | Akira Satô | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ayako Sakurai | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Tamezô Mochizuki | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Toshirō Sasaki | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Yoshikata Yoda | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Haruo Nakayama | Lighting Technician |