Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women

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    Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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    Osaka Elegy
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Isuzu Yamada	Ayako Murai	Yoko Umemura	Sumiko Asai	Chiyoko Okura	Sachiko Murai	Shinpachiro Asaka	Hiroshi Murai
    Benkei Shiganoya	Sonosuke Asai	Eitarō Shindō	Yoshizo Fujino	Kunio Tamura	Dr. Yoko	Seiichii Takekawa	Junzo Murai

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1936
      Criterion, in their magazine Current, also includes an article about this movie that places this movie in the scope of Kenji Mizoguchi's body of work, citing it as the first movie in which he took a new direction.
    
    
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    Sisters of the Gion
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Isuzu Yamada	Omocha	Yōko Umemura	Umekichi	Benkei Shiganoya	Shimbei Furusawa	Fumio Okura	Jurakudo

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1936
    
    
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    Women of the Night
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Kinuyo Tanaka	Fusako Owada	Sanae Takasugi	Natsuko Kimishima	Kumeko Urabe	Brothel Madam	Tomie Tsunoda	Kumiko Owada
    Minpei Miyamoto	Kōji Owada	Mitsuo Nagata	Kenzō Kuriyama	Kenzō Tanaka	Shuichi Hirata	Fusako Maki	Reporter

    
      I have to mention, here, that one of the cast roles is designated as, simply, "Woman of Darkness", played by actor Kimie Hayashi. Intriguing Role Name! Can't wait to see what this characterization entails!
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1948
    
    
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    Street of Shame
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Machiko Kyō	Mickey	Ayako Wakao	Yasumi	Aiko Mimasu	Yumeko	Michiyo Kogure	Hanae
    Kumeko Urabe	Otane	Yasuko Kawakami	Shizuko	Hiroko Machida	Yorie	Eitarō Shindō	Kurazō Taya
    Sadako Sawamura	Tatsuko Taya	Toranosuke Ogawa	Mickey's father	Bontarō Miyake	Night Watchman	Daisuke Katō	Pres. Brothel Owner's Assn.

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1956