Hero of the Red Light District

Movie

Drama

History

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.

Date: 09/03/1960

Rating: 8.6

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka, Yoshie Mizutani, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Shinobu Chihara, Kogiku Hanayagi, Hiroshi Mizuno, Tsukie Matsuura, Eijirō Kataoka, Kyoko Aoyama, Fumiko Okamura, Kensaku Hara, Sadako Sawamura, Harue Tone, Masao Mishima, Toyo Takahashi, Kogiku Hanayagi, Yachiyo Kirishima, Harumi Matsukaze, Shinnosuke Ogata, Hiroshi Kato, Kusuo Abe, Ryuji Kita, Gorô Naniwa, Kyōnosuke Murai, Mineko Maruhira, Kinnosuke Takamatsu, Kisho Nomura, Chieko Taki, Kunijirō Yanagi, Shirō Osaki, Yoshiko Yashioji

Chiezō Kataoka