Hero of the Red Light District

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.

Director: Tomu Uchida

Cast: Chiezo Kataoka, Yoshie Mizutani, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Shinobu Chihara, Kogiku Hanayagi, Hiroshi Mizuno, Tsukie Matsuura

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.