Hero of the Red Light District (1960)

Name: Hero of the Red Light District
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1960-09-03
Duration: 109 min
Cast: Chiezo Kataoka, Yoshie Mizutani, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Shinobu Chihara

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him, until an indentured peasant prostitute, Tamarazu, takes the unsavoury assignment and treats him with brash tenderness.

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Released 1960-09-03 · 109 min · Drama, History

Directed by Tomu Uchida

Cast

Chiezo Kataoka as Sano Jiro
Yoshie Mizutani as Tamazuru
Isao Kimura
Minoru Chiaki as Jôsuke
Shinobu Chihara as Yaegaki
Kogiku Hanayagi as Iwahashi
Hiroshi Mizuno
Tsukie Matsuura
Eijirō Kataoka
Kyoko Aoyama
Fumiko Okamura
Kensaku Hara
Sadako Sawamura
Harue Tone
Masao Mishima