Hero of the Red-Light District
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Directed byTomu Uchida
Written byYoshikata Yoda
Produced byJun'ichirō Tamaki
Starring
- Chiezō Kataoka
- Yaeko Mizutani
- Isao Kimura
- Minoru Chiaki
- Shinobu Chihara
| Hero of the Red-Light District | |
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| Directed by | Tomu Uchida |
| Written by | Yoshikata Yoda |
| Produced by | Jun'ichirō Tamaki |
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| Cinematography | Sadaji Yoshida |
| Edited by | Shintarō Miyamoto |
| Music by | Toshio Nakamura |
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| Distributed by | Toei Company |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Hero of the Red-Light District (Japanese: 妖刀物語 花の吉原百人斬り, Hepburn: Yoto monogatari: Hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin giri), also titled Yoshiwara: The Pleasure Quarter or Killing in Yoshiwara, is a 1960 Japanese jidaigeki and drama film by Tomu Uchida.[1][2]
Jirozaemon, a successful textile merchant from the provinces, cannot find a wife because of his disfiguring birthmark. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him. When he meets enslaved street prostitute Tamatsuru, who treats him with kindness, he falls in love with her, intent to free and marry her, which leads to his downfall.
Cast
- Chiezō Kataoka as Jirozaemon
- Yaeko Mizutani as Tamatsuru (credited as Yoshie Mizutani)
- Isao Kimura as Einojo
- Minoru Chiaki as Josuke
- Shinobu Chihara as Yaegaki
