Gate of Flesh (1988)
肉体の門
Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named Paradise. The hookers live in a bombed-out building, but they accept the precarious situation with typical resolve.
- Date of release
- 1988-04-09
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (41)
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Hideo Gosha
Casting
- Rino Katase — Kanto Komasa
- Yūko Natori — Rakucho no Osumi
- Jinpachi Nezu — Yoshio Hakamada
- Miyuki Kanō — Borneo Maya
- Kazuyo Matsui — Blood Sakura Ogin
- Senri Yamazaki — Fuuten no Roku
- Tsunehiko Watase — Shintaro Ibuki
- Shinsuke Ashida — Tattoo artist
- Naomi Hase — Mino Inui
- Yoshimi Ashikawa — Mitsuyo Honjo
- Chie Matsuoka — Baby
- Mineko Nishikawa — Machiko Kikuma
Interesting facts
- Based on: Nikutai no Mon
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