Hero of the Red Light District

8.6
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Run time: 109 min
  • Premiere: 1960. September 3.

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.

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Art

Jun'ichirô Tamaki

Production Design

Mineo Kamiwa

Set Designer

Takatoshi Suzuki

Art Direction

Akira Satô

Set Decoration

Camera

Sadaji Yoshida

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Gô Mikami

Costume Design

Ayako Sakurai

Hairstylist

Directing

Tomu Uchida

Director

Editing

Lighting

Haruo Nakayama

Lighting Technician

Sound

Tamezô Mochizuki

Original Music Composer

Toshirō Sasaki

Sound Recordist

Writing

Yoshikata Yoda

Screenplay

Art

Jun'ichirô Tamaki

Production Design

Mineo Kamiwa

Set Designer

Takatoshi Suzuki

Art Direction

Akira Satô

Set Decoration

Camera

Sadaji Yoshida

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Gô Mikami

Costume Design

Ayako Sakurai

Hairstylist

Directing

Tomu Uchida

Director

Editing

Lighting

Haruo Nakayama

Lighting Technician

Sound

Tamezô Mochizuki

Original Music Composer

Toshirō Sasaki

Sound Recordist

Writing

Yoshikata Yoda

Screenplay