Gate of Flesh (1988)
Original title: 肉体の門
Gate of Flesh is a 1988 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Hideo Gosha, with a running time of 1h 59m. It stars Rino Katase, Yūko Natori and Jinpachi Nezu.
Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named Paradise. The hookers live in a bombed-out building, but they accept the precarious situation with typical resolve.
Cast
- Rino Katase as Kanto Komasa
- Yūko Natori as Rakucho no Osumi
- Jinpachi Nezu as Yoshio Hakamada
- Miyuki Kanō as Borneo Maya
- Kazuyo Matsui as Blood Sakura Ogin
- Senri Yamazaki as Fuuten no Roku
- Tsunehiko Watase as Shintaro Ibuki
- Shinsuke Ashida as Tattoo artist
- Naomi Hase as Mino Inui
- Yoshimi Ashikawa as Mitsuyo Honjo
- Chie Matsuoka as Baby
- Mineko Nishikawa as Machiko Kikuma