Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956)

Name: Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Director: Yūzō Kawashima
Genre: Drama
Released: 1956
Duration: 1 h 21 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Akiko Kikuno, Asako Tsuda, Fudeko Tanaka, Izumi Ashikawa, Keiko Sumida

Original Title: 洲崎パラダイス　赤信号

Drama

7.0 (26 votes)

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.

Details

Director: Yūzō Kawashima
Writer: Nobuyoshi Terada, Toshiro Ide
Original Language: Japanese
Budget: N/A

Cast

Akiko Kikuno Asako Tsuda Fudeko Tanaka Izumi Ashikawa Keiko Sumida Kenjiro Uemura Kyōzō Fuyuki Michiyo Aratama Noriko Katsura Seizaburō Kawazu Shinsuke Maki Shoichi Ozawa Tatsuya Mihashi Yukiko Todoroki Zenji Yamada