Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956)

  • NR
  • 07/31/1956 (JP)
  • Drama
  • 1h 21m

Overview

A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off into a nearby noodle shop, where he gets a job delivering noodles. Tsutue charms and runs off with one of her clients. Yoshigi, ignoring the attentions of a sweet co-worker, pursues Tsutue.

Yūzō Kawashima

Director

Toshirō Ide

Screenplay

Nobuyoshi Terada

Screenplay

Cast

Michiyo Aratama's headshot

Michiyo Aratama

Tsutae
Yukiko Todoroki's headshot

Yukiko Todoroki

Otoku
Seizaburō Kawazu's headshot

Seizaburō Kawazu

Mr. Ochiai
Tatsuya Mihashi's headshot

Tatsuya Mihashi

Yoshiji
Izumi Ashikawa's headshot

Izumi Ashikawa

Tamako
Shinsuke Maki's headshot

Shinsuke Maki

Nobuo
Noriko Katsura's headshot

Noriko Katsura

Woman Applying for Housemaid
Fudeko Tanaka's headshot

Fudeko Tanaka

Prostitute of a Certain Age

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