Eclipse Series 13: KENJI MIZOGUCHI'S FALLEN WOMEN: MIZOGUCHI, Kenji: Street of Shame (1956)
For his final film, Kenji Mizoguchi brought a lifetime of experience to bear on the heartbreaking tale of a brothel full of women whose dreams are constantly being shattered by the socioeconomic realities surrounding them. Set in Tokyo's red-light district (the literal translation of the Japanese title), Street of Shame was so cutting, and its popularity so great, that when an antiprostitution law was passed in Japan just a few months after the film's release, some said it was a catalyst.
85 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
in Japanese
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2008
Director/Writers
Kenji Mizoguchi was 58 when he directed Street of Shame.
Screenplay by Masashige Narusawa.
Based partly on the novel Women of Susaki by Yoshiko Shibaki.
Other Mizoguchi films in the Collection:
Eclipse Series 13: Osaka Elegy (1936)
Eclipse Series 13: Sisters of the Gion (1936)
#832: The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
Eclipse Series 13: Women of the Night (1948)
#664: The Life of Oharu (1952)
#309: Ugetsu (1953)
#386: Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
#949: A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)
The Film
Other Mizoguchi films in the Collection:
Eclipse Series 13: Osaka Elegy (1936)
Eclipse Series 13: Sisters of the Gion (1936)
#832: The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
Eclipse Series 13: Women of the Night (1948)
#664: The Life of Oharu (1952)
#309: Ugetsu (1953)
#386: Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
#949: A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)
The Film






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