Street of Shame

Name: Street of Shame
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Released: 1956

Kenji Mizoguchi

prostitution women's rights labor exploitation social legislation Japanese society

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Synopsis

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

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