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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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