Films about (war/post war) prostitution

[Michael Kerpan]

Naruse's White Beast
Mizoguchi's Women of the Night
Imamura's Pigs and Battleships

MEK

--- On Sun, 10/18/09, eigagogo at free.fr <eigagogo at free.fr> wrote:

> From: eigagogo at free.fr <eigagogo at free.fr>
> Subject: Films about (war/post war) prostitution
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Date: Sunday, October 18, 2009, 6:35 PM
> Dear all,
> 
> I'm looking for movies centered around prostitution theme/
> interesting
> prostitute characterization, especially those set-up in WW2
> war/post-war Japan
> (if i'm correct 1956 was the year of an anti-prostitution
> law). Names like
> Mizoguchi's Street of Shame/Women of the nights, Naruse's
> Flowing, Kumai's
> Sandankan n°8, Suzuki Seijun's trilogy, Kumashiro's Street
> of joy, Oguri's Muddy
> River comes to mind, but no doubt there's others
> interesting (and lesser-known)
> examples. Was this theme illustrated by 'shomin-geki'
> filmmakers such as Gosho,
> Shimizu, Ozu, Naruse? I'm looking for non-exploitative
> movies putting emphasis
> on these strong-willed women.
> 
> Similar questions for more 'modern' depictions set-up in
> the 60/70s, like those
> we can see in Imamura or Kumashiro works.
> 
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Martin
> 
>