Women of the Night (1948)
Yoru no onnatachi
75 min
In early post-war Osaka, three women—war widow Fusako, her Korean expat sister Natsuko, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law—descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.
- Release date
- May 26, 1948
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Hisato Osawa
Where to watch
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Cast
- Kinuyo Tanaka as Fusako Owada
- Sanae Takasugi as Natsuko Kimijima
- Tomie Tsunoda as Kumiko Owada
- Mitsuo Nagata as Kenzô Kuriyama
- Kōju Murata as Hospital Director
- Kumeko Urabe as Brothel-keeper
- Kikue Môri as Second Hand Clothes Shop Proprietres
- Minpei Tomimoto as Koji Owada
- Hiroshi Aoyama as Kiyoshi Kawakita
- Fusako Maki as Pureblood Society Lady
- Aizō Tamashima as Women's Home Director
- Kenzô Tanaka as Shuichi Hirata
- Kimiko Hayashi as Kazuko, street prostitute
- Kiyo Murakami as Shizue, street prostitute
- Umeko Ôbayashi as Tokuko Owada
Crew
- Kenji Mizoguchi · Director
- Eijirô Hisaita · Writer
- Yoshikata Yoda · Writer
- Hisao Itoya · Producer
- Hisato Osawa · Composer
- Kōhei Sugiyama · Cinematographer
- Tazuko Sakane · Editor
- Hiroshi Mizutani · Production designer