Hero of the Red-Light District (1960)
- Original title
- 妖刀物語 花の吉原百人斬り
- Directed by
- Tomu Uchida
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Rating
- 8.7 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A lone swordsman enters the Yoshiwara pleasure district in Edo-era Japan. He gets caught up in the violent conflicts and personal tragedies of the people there.
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What happens
Hero of the Red-Light District (Japanese: 妖刀物語 花の吉原百人斬り, Hepburn: Yoto monogatari: Hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin giri), also titled Yoshiwara: The Pleasure Quarter or Killing in Yoshiwara, is a 1960 Japanese jidaigeki and drama film by Tomu Uchida. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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