Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 2.916 |
Directed By
Yūzō Kawashima
Crew
Yūzō Kawashima
Kuratarō Takamura
Shōhei Imamura
Riichirō Manabe
Fumio Hashimoto
Shizui Sakagami
Tadashi Nakamura
Yoshiko Shibaki
Mitsuo Onishi
Kimihiko Nakamura
Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto
Nobuyoshi Terada
Toshirō Ide
TOP CAST
Michiyo Aratama
Tsutae
Yukiko Todoroki
Otoku
Seizaburō Kawazu
Mr. Ochiai
Tatsuya Mihashi
Yoshiji
Izumi Ashikawa
Tamako
Shinsuke Maki
Nobuo
Noriko Katsura
Woman Applying for Housemaid
Fudeko Tanaka
Prostitute of a Certain Age
Kenjiro Uemura
Denshichi
Kyōzō Fuyuki
Soba Shop Owner
Shoichi Ozawa
Sankichi
Zenji Yamada
Man Looks Like Carpenter
Keiko Sumida
Denshichi's Woman
Asako Tsuda
Hatsue
Ikunosuke Koizumi
Sushi Shop Owner
Koichiro Sakai
Policeman #1
Minoru Sato
Policeman #2
Yoshirō Katō
Radio Shop Clerk
Tsuchiyasu Kinohara
Boat Man
Tomio Aoki
Ice Man
Kazuko Tani
Singer
Masami Miyaji
Sushi Shop Girl
Aomi Shiba
Landlady's Neighbour
Toshiko Suzuki
Prostitute #1
Reiko Kuba
Prostitute #2
Midori Mori
Prostitute #3
Atsuko Katô
Bus Conductor
Hisao Murata
Worker #1
Isao Yoshida
Worker #2
Tomi Tsubaki
Worker #3
Shinkichi Ube
Tattoed Man
Setsuko Suzukawa
Companion Lady
Tôru Hiranuma
Kazuo
Kaoru Matsumoto
Toshio
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