Girls of the Night
With Girls of the Night, Kinuyo Tanaka reunited with screenwriter Sumie Tanaka to explore Japan’s attempted reformation of former sex workers. The film follows Kuniko (Chisako Hara), who enters a rehabilitation center after the Prostitution Prevention Law prohibits her line of work. But creating a new life proves treacherous—wherever Kuniko goes, the past catches up with her. In once again taking on challenging subject matter, Kinuyo Tanaka paints an empathetic portrait of a fragile community of outcasts.
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Cast
- Chisako Hara
- Kuniko
- Akemi Kita
- Chieko
- Yosuke Natsuki
- Tsukasa Hayakawa
- Chieko Naniwa
- Kumeju
- Chieko Nakakita
- Yoshi Takagi
- Noriko Sengoku
- Shizuka
- Sadako Sawamura
- Dr. Kitamura
- Kokinji Katsura
- Mr. Takagi
- Akihiko Hirata
- Mr. Shima
- Kyoko Kagawa
- Mrs. Shima
Credits
- Director
- Kinuyo Tanaka
- Screenplay
- Sumie Tanaka
- Based on a novel by
- Masako Yana
- Director of photography
- Asakazu Nakai
- Composer
- Hikaru Hayashi
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