Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
1956 · 1h 21m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Yūzō Kawashima
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.
Director and cast
- Yūzō Kawashima Director
- Michiyo Aratama as Tsutae
- Yukiko Todoroki as Otoku
- Seizaburō Kawazu as Mr. Ochiai
- Tatsuya Mihashi as Yoshiji
- Izumi Ashikawa as Tamako
- Shinsuke Maki as Nobuo
- Noriko Katsura as Woman Applying for Housemaid
- Fudeko Tanaka as Prostitute of a Certain Age
- Kenjiro Uemura as Denshichi
- Kyōzō Fuyuki as Soba Shop Owner
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