Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Direction
Mizoguchi's legendary long takes glide through the brothel like ghosts.
Cinematography
Deep focus compositions that trap women in literal and figurative cages.
Acting
Machiko Kyō's Mickey: devastating glamour masking bottomless need.
Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
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