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
Kyōzō Fuyuki
as Soba Shop Owner
Zenji Yamada
as Man Looks Like Carpenter
Reiko Kuba
as Prostitute #2
Kenjiro Uemura
as Denshichi
Michiyo Aratama
as Tsutae
Shoichi Ozawa
as Sankichi
Tomio Aoki
as Ice Man
Tatsuya Mihashi
as Yoshiji
Yoshirō Katō
as Radio Shop Clerk
Yukiko Todoroki
as Otoku
Seizaburō Kawazu
as Mr. Ochiai
Fudeko Tanaka
as Prostitute of a Certain Age
Akiko Kikuno
Izumi Ashikawa
as Tamako