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is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Yz Kawashima. It is based on a novel by Yoshiko Shibaki. Director Kawashima called 'Suzaki Paradise: Red Light' the favourite among his own films.

Synopsis



A jobless young couple, Yoshiji and Tsutae, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo where she once worked as a prostitute. Tsutae talks her way into a waitress job at the small bar of Osami, where they rent a room. Osami, mother of two children, manages the shop alone after she was abandoned by her husband. Yoshiji starts working as an errand boy in a nearby soba shop, jealous of Tsutae whose direct manners attract the male customers. Fed up with Yoshiji's jealousy and self-pity, and their monetary struggles, she accepts the offer of Mr. Ochiai, a regular customer and owner of a radio store, to move into a flat he pays for her. Yoshiji's colleague Tamako, who feels sympathetic towards him, is worried about his deteriorating condition. When Tsutae returns to Yoshiji, who has started to get a grip on himself in the meantime, he is first reluctant. Together, they enter a bus, not knowing what their destination will be.

Cast



* Michiyo Aratama as Tsutae

* Yukiko Todoroki as Osami

* Seizabur Kawazu as Mr. Ochiai

* Tatsuya Mihashi as Yoshiji

* Izumi Ashikawa as Tamako

* Shichi Ozawa as Sankichi

* Kazuko Tani

References




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