Hero of the Red Light District

Movie · 1h 49m

Starring Chiezo Kataoka, Yoshie Mizutani, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki

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.