Women of the Night (1948)

Original title

夜の女たち

Directed by

Kenji Mizoguchi

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in postwar Japan, the film follows women who struggle with poverty and social stigma as they try to survive on the streets. It centers on a woman who returns to her hometown only to face hardship and moral compromise.

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What happens

Women of the Night (夜の女たち, Yoru no onna-tachi) is a 1948 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Kinuyo Tanaka. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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