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Tokyo Bordello

Original title: Yoshiwara enjô
  • 19871987
  • 2h 13m
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6.5/10
215
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Tokyo Bordello (1987)
Drama
A young woman is sold into the famous red light district brothel in Yoshiwara by her bankrupt father.A young woman is sold into the famous red light district brothel in Yoshiwara by her bankrupt father.A young woman is sold into the famous red light district brothel in Yoshiwara by her bankrupt father.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
215
YOUR RATING
    • Hideo Gosha
    • Kazuo Kasahara(dramatization)
    • Sadao Nakajima
    • Shinichi Saitô(novel)
  • Stars
    • Yûko Natori
    • Rino Katase
    • Jinpachi Nezu
    • Hideo Gosha
    • Kazuo Kasahara(dramatization)
    • Sadao Nakajima
    • Shinichi Saitô(novel)
  • Stars
    • Yûko Natori
    • Rino Katase
    • Jinpachi Nezu
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    • 2User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Yûko Natori
    • Hisano…
    Rino Katase
    Rino Katase
    • Kikugawa…
    Jinpachi Nezu
    Jinpachi Nezu
    • Shinsuke Furushima
    Sayoko Ninomiya
    • Hisashige
    Mariko Fuji
    • Yoshizato…
    Noriko Hayami
    • Ayame
    Tonpei Hidari
    • Yoshimatsu
    Jun'ichi Inoue
    • Miyata
    • (as Junichi Inoue)
    Yumi Iori
    • Prostitute
    Chôichirô Kawarasaki
    • Zennosuke Echigoya
    Ittoku Kishibe
    • Kuni-san
    Kyôko Kishida
    Kyôko Kishida
    • Narrator
    Beat Kiyoshi
    • Gen-san
    • (as Bîto Kiyoshi)
    Nenji Kobayashi
    • Giichi Tsubosaka
    Tôru Masuoka
    • Noguchi
    Aoi Nakajima
    • Minehan's owner
    Mikio Narita
    Mikio Narita
    • Asaji Kon
    Mineko Nishikawa
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      • Kazuo Kasahara(dramatization)
      • Sadao Nakajima
      • Shinichi Saitô(novel)
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    6/10
    A serious take on early 20th century Yoshiwara
    Top notch acting, impressive costumes, and some attention to historical details bring to life a period of declining splendor of the Yoshiwara district.

    A young Yuko Natori brillantly plays the role of a countryside girl indentured into prostitution by her father slowly but surely learning, accepting, and finally proudly embracing her role as an Oiran, a high-ranking prostitute in Yoshiwara, in the late Meiji period.

    The period depicted is quite uncommon, the topic handled is not for the whole family and the viewers unfamiliar with Yoshiwara may have a lot to digest.

    There is little sugarcoating about the very rough life in the district and it's not an erotic movie (though there are a couple suggestive scenes, and quite some nudity). If you factor in the few violent shots it makes for a quite "heavy" piece, clearly not for everyone. Don't expect some happy ending or a consensual and moral message. People die, people live, there is no karma, good deeds are not specifically rewarded, bad deeds are not punished.

    It makes for an "interesting" viewing, but "entertaining" or not will depend on the expectations of the viewers. It works better as an historical drama rather than a human one.

    (Note there are no geishas featured in this movie, but full fledge prostitutes).
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      • June 13, 1987 (Japan)
      • Japan
      • Japanese
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      • Toei Company
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    • 2 hours 13 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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