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Release Date:
September 3, 1960
Original Title:
妖刀物語 花の吉原百人斬り
Alternate Titles:
Hero of the Red Light District
Killing in Yoshiwara
Meurtre à Yoshiwara
Tales of Strange Swords
Yoshiwara: The Pleasure Quarter
Yôtô monogatari: hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin-giri
Ёто-моногатари: История заколдованного меча – Убийца сотен в Ёсивара
요도 이야기: 꽃의 요시와라 100인 베기
Genres:
Drama | History
Production Companies:
Toei Company
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 109
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him, until an indentured peasant prostitute, Tamarazu, takes the unsavoury assignment and treats him with brash tenderness.
Art Direction:
Takatoshi Suzuki
Costume Design:
Gô Mikami
Director:
Tomu Uchida
Director of Photography:
Sadaji Yoshida
Editor:
Shintarō Miyamoto
Hairstylist:
Ayako Sakurai
Lighting Technician:
Haruo Nakayama
Original Music Composer:
Tamezô Mochizuki
Production Design:
Jun'ichirô Tamaki
Screenplay:
Yoshikata Yoda
Set Decoration:
Akira Satô
Set Designer:
Mineo Kamiwa
Sound Recordist:
Toshirō Sasaki
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