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.
Directed by Yūzō Kawashima
red-light district
prostitution
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
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
Crew
Yūzō Kawashima
Director
Toshiro Ide
Screenplay
Riichirō Manabe
Music
Shōhei Imamura
Assistant Director
Yoshiko Shibaki
Original Story
Popular Reviews
8 reviews
maddie
6.0★ · 01/14/26
#7 fun acting and story. definitely a nice breather movie, wouldnt flat out say its a comedy but it has its moments.
#7 fun acting and story. definitely a nice breather movie, wouldnt flat out say its a comedy but it has its moments.
sewn
8.0★ · 01/07/26
really sad how they just circled around whatever plan they had, they literally came back from where they started, which is incredibly depressing
japanuary 7
really sad how they just circled around whatever plan they had, they literally came back from where they started, which is incredibly depressing
japanuary 7
serena
7.0★ · 03/01/26
exdi00
7.0★ · 12/29/25
Kris
10.0★ · 08/08/20
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