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赤線 (2004)

赤線 poster
Directed by
Shutaro Oku
Genre
crime film
Country
Japan

How it feels

A recently released ex-convict schemes to sell a runaway girl into a brothel in a red-light district. A blocked writer roams the same streets seeking inspiration. Their paths cross with a prominent prostitute whose loyalties are tested.

grittynoirishmoodysordidslow-pacedrestlessintimateseedy

What happens

『赤線』(あかせん)は2004年7月10日に公開された奥秀太郎監督の日本映画である。 強姦の罪で投獄されていたイゾウ(中村獅童)は牢屋を飛び出し欲望渦巻く夜の街・赤線へ。家出少女、スイカ(片山佳)を娼館に売りはらって久々の自由を謳歌しようと企む。一方、作家であり昭和を代表する遊蕩児、カフウ(小松和重)は近ごろ調子が出ず、悩みを抱え色街を彷徨っていた。イゾウとカフウは、赤線の娼館「キムラヤ」の看板娼婦、シズモ(つぐみ)に出会う。強引なイゾウと知的なカフウの間で気持ちが揺れ動いていくシズモ。湿った狭い部屋、喧噪の中の小さな街、いつかその外に飛び出したくて…。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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