Women of the Night : Yoru no Onnatachi
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Based on the novel Joseimatsuri by Eijiro Hisaita.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.
Kinuyo Tanaka, Sanae Takasugi, Tomie Tsunoda, Mitsuo Nagata.
Filmed on location in Osaka, Women of the night concerns two sisters, Fusako, a war widow, and Natsuko, in an affair with a narcotics smuggler, who, along with their younger friend Kumiko, descend into prostitution and moral chaos amid the postwar devastation surrounding them.
DVD, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.
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SERIES
Eclipse
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 1 videodisc (74 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781604650983
1604650982
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956.
Itoya, Hisao.
Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-
Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977.
Takasugi, Sanae.
Tsunoda, Tomie.
Nagata, Mitsuo, actor.
Janus Films.
Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
SUBJECTS
War widows -- Japan -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilians -- Drama.
Prostitutes -- Japan -- Drama.
Japanese language materials.
Feature films.
Fiction films.