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Mar 18, 1956
87 min
Full-HD

Street of Shame (1956)

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Daiei Film

Machiko Kyō

Mickey

Ayako Wakao

Yasumi

Michiyo Kogure

Hanae

Aiko Mimasu

Yumeko

Kenji Sugawara

Eiko

Yasuko Kawakami

Shizuko

Eitarō Shindō

Kurazô Taya

Bontarō Miake

Officer Nonomura

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