The background is Yuraku-cho in Tokyo and the film shows how desperately the women, who had led sheltered lives before the war, struggled to keep alive and the innate strength of post-war women.

Cast & crew

Shōgorō Nishimura

Director

Reiko Kayama

Maya

Miyako Yamaguchi

Sen

Izumi Shima

Mino

Tokuko Watanabe

Oroku

S

Seiji Endō

Rei Okamoto

Prostitute A

K

Kenji Shiiya

Asai

Akira Ōizumi

Furuta

K

Kenji Shimamura

Farmer

M

Maya Kudô

Prostitute D

M

Midori Mori

Prostitute C

Nakajirō Tomita

Horitome

A

Akira Hanaue

Misumi

Nagatoshi Sakamoto

Nagai

Akira Takahashi

Rich Man

Junko Miyashita

Machiko Kikuma

A

Asami Morikawa

Prostitute B

Mikiko Sakai

I

Ikunosuke Koizumi

T

Tadayuki Kitagami