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Soldiers' Girls (1958)

Soldiers' Girls poster
Original title
女の防波堤
Directed by
Kiyoshi Komori
Genre
drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 28m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Japanese drama follows women who work as prostitutes. The film looks at their difficult lives and the social problems around their profession.

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What happens

Soldiers' Girls (女の防波堤, Onna no bōhatei) is a 1958 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Haku Komori and produced by Shintoho. It is a drama dealing with prostitution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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