The Straits of Love and Hate (1937)
A servant girl is seduced and abandoned by her lover, a man from a higher social class, forcing her to navigate a harsh world as an itinerant performer to survive and raise their child.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Fumiko Yamaji as Fumi Murakami |
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Seizaburō Kawazu as Yoshitaro Suzuki |
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Masao Shimizu as Kenkichi, Owner of Inn |
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Yutaka Mimasu as Kenkichi's father |
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Kiyoe Ake as |
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Seiichi Katō as |
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Haruo Tanaka as Kinkichi's friend, Hirose |
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Kaoru Nobe as Satako |
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Kumeko Urabe as Ume |
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Bumon Kahara as |
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Ichirō Sugai as Sanjuro Mori |
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Fudeko Tanaka as |
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Hiroshi Ueda as |
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Joe Ohara as |
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Suzuko Taki as |
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Kiyoshi Katô as |
| Directing | Kenji Mizoguchi | Director |
| Camera | Shigeto Miki | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Mizuo Ukagami | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Mitsuo Kondō | Editor |
| Editing | Tazuko Sakane | Editor |
| Art | Hiroshi Mizutani | Production Design |
| Art | Hiroshi Mizutani | Art Designer |
| Writing | Matsutarō Kawaguchi | Writer |
| Writing | Kenji Mizoguchi | Writer |