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©2008
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4 videodiscs (299 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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[v. 1]. Naniwa ereji = Osaka elegy -- [v. 2]. Gion no shimai = Sisters of the Gion -- [v. 3]. Yoru no onnatachi = Women of the night -- [v. 4]. Akasen chitai = Street of shame
Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura, Chiyako Okura, Benkei Shiganoya, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sanae Takasugi, Tomie Tsunoda, Mitsuo Nagata, Machiko Kyo, Ayako Wakao, Yasuko Kawakami
[v. 1]. Osaka elegy. Switchboard operator Ayako agrees to enter into an affair with her married boss after he promises to support her and her father - setting her off on a seemingly irreversible downward spiral
[v. 2]. Sisters of the Gion. Two geisha sisters - one modern-minded, the other staunchly traditional - disagree over how to deal with the men controlling their lives and livelihoods
DVD, Dolby digital mono
[v. 3]. Women of the night. The story of two sisters, Fusako, a war widow, and Natsuko, in an affair with a narcotics smuggler, who, along with their younger friend Kumiko, descend into prostitution and moral chaos amid the postwar devastation surrounding them
In Japanese, with optional English subtitles
[v. 4]. Street of shame. In a brothel in Tokyo's red-light district, a group of working women, their profession on the verge of being outlawed, deal with life's disappointments, large and small