View Item - FM-S120-1956

Language:
English
Duration:
85 mins.
Catalog Num:
FM-S120-1956
Title:
Street of Shame
Item Type:
Video
Medium:
DVD
Program:
F&MS

Reserved:
No
Status:
Available

For his final film, Kenji Mizoguchi brought a lifetime of experience to bear on the heartbreaking tale of a brothel full of women whose dreams are constantly being shattered by the socioeconomic realities surrounding them. Set in Tokyo's red-light district, Street of Shame was so cutting, and its popularity so great, that when an antiprostitution law was passed in Japan just a few months after the film's release, some said it was a catalyst.

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