Women of the Night
Original title: Yoru no onnatachi
1948 · 1 h 15 min
Kenji MizoguchiCast
Kinuyo Tanaka 
Sanae Takasugi Tomie Tsunoda Mitsuo Nagata Kōju Murata 
Kumeko Urabe
Credits
Written by: 
Eijirô Hisaita
Plot
In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako and others, are pushed into prostitution to survive.
Sinekatalog’s take
Kenji Mizoguchi's drama, with Kinuyo Tanaka and Sanae Takasugi, is harsh and angry, a bleak postwar portrait.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (1,729 votes)
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