Nippon Paradise
5.8
After the RAA was shut down by GHQ, businessman Kuramoto Daisuke returned to Sakurahara with his women and rebuilt his brothel, Hinomaru-ro. His son, Maresuke, returned from the war but fled, disgusted by his father’s business. By 1953, the red-light district flourished again. Wealthy customer Kinokuniya took Mitsuko, a young virgin, as his mistress. Meanwhile, university student Chieko entered the brothel to research prostitution for her thesis, challenging the women’s views. In 1956, the Prostitution Prevention Law was enacted, and Kuramoto died from the shock. Maresuke took over the brothel, improving the women’s treatment. Mitsuko later returned after being rejected by her family and fell for an innocent student, Shibata. When the law took effect in March 1958, the women became soapland workers. On the night Sakurahara’s lights went out forever, Mitsuko took poison.
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Yoshiko Kayama
Known for
Three Outlaw Samurai
Hoki Tokuda
Known for
Blind Woman's Curse
Takeshi Sasaki
Naozumi Yamamoto
Yoichi Maeda
Mariko Kaga
Known for
Pale Flower
Love Letter
Saburo Omura
Homare Suguro
Also in
Operation: Mystery
None but the Brave
Kyôhei Morita
Shinichi Yanagisawa
Known for
The X from Outer Space
Hiroshi Takemura
Hiroyuki Nagato
Known for
Pigs and Battleships
The Insect Woman
Yoichi Maeda Director · Naozumi Yamamoto Composer Hiroshi Takemura Cinematographer
First release October 4, 1964 · Produced in Japan · Production Shochiku Ofuna
Production
Shochiku
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Shochiku Ofuna
Production
Japan
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Original title
にっぽんぱらだいす
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 4, 1964
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