Dorei no machi

(1951)

Year: 1951

Runtime: 83 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 小石栄一

Cast: 堀雄二, 瀧花久子, 久我美子, 星美智子, 花布辰男, 小宮山山清, 浦辺粂子, 田中春男, 植村謙二郎, Nobuko Shingu

Plot

Yosuke Machida of the Daito Shinpo hears from a boy named Toshi-bo, whom he found on the street, that Toshi-bo’s older sister, Toyo, was deceived by a man named Taichi Tachikawa and sold into prostitution in a red-light district. He then set foot in this district for the first time and met Michiko Kawabe, a female reporter known by the nickname “Yoshie.” After hearing various details about the situation from her, he learned that Toyo was at “Kotogawa.”