Women of the night : Yoru no onnatachi /
Filmed on location in Osaka, Women of the night concerns 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.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Language Notes: | Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
2008.
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| Series: | Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Kenji Mizoguchi's fallen women.
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| Summary: | Filmed on location in Osaka, Women of the night concerns 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. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Based on the novel Joseimatsuri by Eijiro Hisaita. Originally released as a motion picture in 1948. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, Kohei Sugiyama ; editor, Tatsuko Sakane ; music by Hisato Osawa. |
| ISBN: | 9781604650983 1604650982 |