Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956)

7.0/10 81 min Drama

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.

Cast

Michiyo Aratama

Tsutae

Yukiko Todoroki

Otoku

Seizaburō Kawazu

Mr. Ochiai

Tatsuya Mihashi

Yoshiji

Izumi Ashikawa

Tamako

Fudeko Tanaka

Prostitute of a Certain Age

Kenjiro Uemura

Denshichi

Kyōzō Fuyuki

Soba Shop Owner

Shoichi Ozawa

Sankichi

Zenji Yamada

Man Looks Like Carpenter

Akiko Kikuno

Yoshirō Katō

Radio Shop Clerk

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