Yoshiwara The Pleasure Quarter Yoto Monogatari: Hana No Yoshiwara Hyakunin Giri (1960)
Title: Yoshiwara The Pleasure Quarter
Also Known As: Yoto Monogatari: Hana No Yoshiwara Hyakunin Giri / Killing In Yoshiwara / Hero Of The Red Light District
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Year: 1960
Genre: Drama
Subtitles: Optional English or French
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187119/
Synopsis
Adapted by frequent Mizoguchi scribe Yoshitaka Yoda (who lent his name to George Lucas' little green Jedi) from the kabuki play Kagotsurube Sato No Eizame by Shinshichi Kawatake III, Yoshiwara: The Pleasure Quarter is an enthralling melodrama set in the infamous red light district of old Edo.
Jirozaemon (Kataoka) is the well-to-do owner of a textile mill, a kind and just man who seems the example of good social standing, were it not for the hideous birthmark that covers half his face and that has kept him celibate, unmarried and lonely. Abandoned by his parents as a baby on account of his disfigurement, a string of brides-to-be has already refused his troth. A group of associates decides to show the shy industrialist a good time by introducing him to the many delights of the 'floating world' of Yoshiwara, but the experience only worsens his self-hatred when the geisha refuse to keep him company.
Only Tamazuru (Mizutani), a former street prostitute living on the bottom of the courtesan hierarchy, agrees to tend to Jirozaemon, telling him that his face may be marked, but not his heart. The businessman instantly falls in love and becomes infatuated with her, returning time and again and spending vast amounts of money on Tamazuru. Seeing the extent of his fortune, the girl, who has her own sights set on reaching the top of her profession, and her bosses set up a devious plan to bleed Jirozaemon financially dry.
The bold-faced manner in which his paramour and her supervisors take advantage of the naïve industrialist's devotion occasionally tests the limits of audience tolerance, but the lively evocation of life in Tokyo's pleasure quarters, the detailed portrait of social life, the sumptuous set and costume design (the finale is a real jawdropper), and the earnest performance by frequent Uchida leading man Chiezo Kataoka do much more than just balance this. - From Midnight Eye
Cast:
Chiezo KATAOKA
Yoshie (Yaeko) MIZUTANI
Isao KIMURA
Akiko SANTO
Sadako SAWAMURA
Masao MISHIMA
Production Credits
Director: Tomu UCHIDA
Writer: N/a
Producer(s): N/a
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