Woman of Tokyo (1933)

Original title

東京の女

Directed by

Yasujirō Ozu

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Japan

Runtime

47 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man studies while his sister secretly works as a hostess to pay for his tuition. He is crushed when he discovers the truth about her job.

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What happens

Woman of Tokyo (東京の女, Tokyo no Onna) is a 1933 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. The film's working title was Her Case, For Example (例えば彼女の場合 Tatoeba kanojo no baai) The film tells of a student whose sister supports his studies by moonlighting as a translator. When he hears that, in reality, she is working as a hostess in a seedy dance-hall, he is devastated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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