Women of the Night (1948)
May 26, 19481h 14mJA
7.1
31 votes
Overview
In early post-war Osaka, three women—war widow Fusako, her Korean expat sister Natsuko, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law—descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.
Director
Kenji MizoguchiWriters
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Free
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Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Budget
N/A
Revenue
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Production Companies
Shochiku
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CinemaSerf
4.0Sadly, this is an overly convoluted tale that could have done rather more had William Rowland kept his cast focused. As it is, it's a fairly preposterous tale of some die-hard Nazis who may have a secret cosmic ray in the Oriental theatre of War. Determined to keep it from their Japanese allies who have just been victim to the Nagasaki A-bomb, much of the action takes place in a bordello, of sorts, where women have been drafted in from Shanghai University to "entertain" the Japanese officers and who are now bent on vengeance - or at least most of them are. Is there a traitor amongst them? Mean…
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