The background is Yuraku-cho in Tokyo and the film shows how desperately the women, who had led sheltered lives before the war, struggled to keep alive and the innate strength of post-war women.
Reiko Kayama
Maya
Miyako Yamaguchi
Sen
Izumi Shima
Mino
Tokuko Watanabe
Oroku
Seiji Endō
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Rei Okamoto
Prostitute A
Kenji Shiiya
Asai
Akira Ōizumi
Furuta
Kenji Shimamura
Farmer
Maya Kudô
Prostitute D
Midori Mori
Prostitute C
Nakajirō Tomita
Horitome
Akira Hanagami
Misumi
Nagatoshi Sakamoto
Nagai
Akira Takahashi
Rich Man
Junko Miyashita
Machiko Kikuma
Asami Morikawa
Prostitute B
Mikiko Sakai
Ikunosuke Koizumi
Tadayuki Kitagami
Tamaki Komiyama
Saburō Shōji