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A Woman's Testament
JAPAN · 1960

A Woman's Testament

Kon Ichikawa
female exploitation financial struggle deception and fraud sex work romantic entanglement
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Synopsis

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the second story, a beautiful young woman is employed by an unscrupulous real estate agent to convince male clients to invest in worthless property. The last story is about a widowed geisha who has no real financial worries and who falls in love with a fo

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