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.
Cast
Michiyo Aratama
Tsutae
Yukiko Todoroki
Otoku
Seizaburō Kawazu
Mr. Ochiai
Tatsuya Mihashi
Yoshiji
Izumi Ashikawa
Tamako
Fudeko Tanaka
Prostitute of a Certain Age
Kenjiro Uemura
Denshichi
Kyōzō Fuyuki
Soba Shop Owner
Shoichi Ozawa
Sankichi
Zenji Yamada
Man Looks Like Carpenter
Akiko Kikuno
Yoshirō Katō
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