Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
洲崎パラダイス 赤信号
Release: 1956-07-31
·Runtime: 81m
·★ 7.0
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Cast
Yukiko Todoroki
as Otoku
Seizaburō Kawazu
as Mr. Ochiai
Akiko Kikuno
Fudeko Tanaka
as Prostitute of a Certain Age
Kyōzō Fuyuki
as Soba Shop Owner
Shoichi Ozawa
as Sankichi
Yoshirō Katō
as Radio Shop Clerk
Michiyo Aratama
as Tsutae
Izumi Ashikawa
as Tamako
Tatsuya Mihashi
as Yoshiji
Reiko Kuba
as Prostitute #2
Tomio Aoki
as Ice Man
Kenjiro Uemura
as Denshichi
Zenji Yamada
as Man Looks Like Carpenter