Women of the Night

"In early post-war Osaka, three women—war widow Fusako, her Korean expat sister Natsuko, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law—descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons."

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

as Fusako Owada

Sanae Takasugi

as Natsuko Kimijima

Tomie Tsunoda

as Kumiko Owada

Mitsuo Nagata

as Kenzô Kuriyama

Kōju Murata

as Hospital Director

Kumeko Urabe

as Brothel Keeper

Kikue Mōri

as Second Hand Clothes Shop Proprietres

Minpei Tomimoto

as Koji Owada

Umeko Ôbayashi

as Tokuko Owada

Hiroshi Aoyama

as Kiyoshi Kawakita

Fusako Maki

as Pureblood Society Lady

Aizo Tamashima

as Women's Home Director

Kenzō Tanaka

as Shuichi Hirata

Kanichi Kato

as Detective A

Hideo Kato

as Detective B

Kazuko Okada

as Apartment Lady

Hisami Nishikawa

as Yasuko, street prostitute

Kimie Hayashi

as Kazuko, street prostitute

Mitsue Takigawa

as Takeko, street prostitute

Kuniko Aoi

as Tsugiko, street prostitute

Eiko Taki

as Tomie, street prostitute

Miyoko Shino

as Fukuko, street prostitute

Atsuko Okawa

as Tokiko, street prostitute

Junko Hara

as Toshimi, street prostitute

Kiyo Murakami

as Shizue, street prostitute

Yoshiko Miyake

as Toshiko, street prostitute

Michiko Murata

as Midori, street prostitute

Hisako Araki

as Akemi, street prostitute

Yoshie Sekiya

as Shigeko, street prostitute

Katsuko Shiori

as Tokie, street prostitute

Kazuko Aoyama

as Yokko, bad girl

Kazuko Futaba

as Tomi, bad girl

Miyoko Nakajima

as Oharu, bad girl

Misuzu Komatsu

as Mitchie, bad girl

Shizue Hikari

as Hideko, bad girl

Crew

Kenji Mizoguchi

Director

Tazuko Sakane

Editor

Kōhei Sugiyama

Director of Photography

Eijiro Hisaita

Novel

Hisao Itoya

Producer

Hisato Osawa

Original Music Composer

Hiroshi Mizutani

Production Design

Yoshikata Yoda

Screenplay