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A House in the Quarter

A House in the Quarter

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 1, 1963

Runtime

2h 17m

Genres

Romance, Drama

User Score

58%

Original Title

五番町夕霧楼

Production Companies

Toei Company

Director

Tomotaka Tasaka

Description

With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successful brothel in Kyoto. There she is assigned to serve Takamatsu, one of the brothel’s top customers. But while Takamatsu falls madly in love with Yuko, she finds herself attracted to a young priest named Kunugida. Torn by jealousy, Takamatsu hatches an evil plan to tear them apart.