Women of the Night

Kenji Mizoguchi
1948-05-26


7.1
74 min

In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.

Cast

Name Character Team
Kinuyo Tanaka Fusako Owada Unowned
Sanae Takasugi Natsuko Kimijima Unowned
Tomie Tsunoda Kumiko Owada Unowned
Mitsuo Nagata Kenzô Kuriyama Unowned
Kōju Murata Hospital Director Unowned
Kumeko Urabe Brothel Keeper Unowned
Kikue Mōri Second Hand Clothes Shop Proprietres Unowned
Minpei Tomimoto Koji Owada Unowned
Umeko Ôbayashi Tokuko Owada Unowned
Hiroshi Aoyama Kiyoshi Kawakita Unowned
Fusako Maki Pureblood Society Lady Unowned
Aizo Tamashima Women's Home Director Unowned
Kenzō Tanaka Shuichi Hirata Unowned
Kanichi Kato Detective A Unowned
Hideo Kato Detective B Unowned
Kazuko Okada Apartment Lady Unowned
Hisami Nishikawa Yasuko, street prostitute Unowned
Kimie Hayashi Kazuko, street prostitute Unowned
Mitsue Takigawa Takeko, street prostitute Unowned
Kuniko Aoi Tsugiko, street prostitute Unowned
Eiko Taki Tomie, street prostitute Unowned
Miyoko Shino Fukuko, street prostitute Unowned
Atsuko Okawa Tokiko, street prostitute Unowned
Junko Hara Toshimi, street prostitute Unowned
Kiyo Murakami Shizue, street prostitute Unowned
Yoshiko Miyake Toshiko, street prostitute Unowned
Michiko Murata Midori, street prostitute Unowned
Hisako Araki Akemi, street prostitute Unowned
Yoshie Sekiya Shigeko, street prostitute Unowned
Katsuko Shiori Tokie, street prostitute Unowned
Kazuko Aoyama Yokko, bad girl Unowned
Kazuko Futaba Tomi, bad girl Unowned
Miyoko Nakajima Oharu, bad girl Unowned
Misuzu Komatsu Mitchie, bad girl Unowned
Shizue Hikari Hideko, bad girl Unowned