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Hero of the Red Light District

Hero of the Red Light District

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 3, 1960

Runtime

1h 49m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

86%

Original Title

妖刀物語 花の吉原百人斬り

Production Companies

Toei Company

Director

Tomu Uchida

Description

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him, until an indentured peasant prostitute, Tamarazu, takes the unsavoury assignment and treats him with brash tenderness.