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Girls of the Night

1961·92 min

Girls of the Night

Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka

Drama

In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build a new life.

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Kuniko

Chieko

Mrs. Shima

Chikage Awashima

Nogami

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Original Music Composer

Hideyuki Shiino

Producer

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Girls of the Night (1961) is about in the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build a new life.

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Kinuyo Tanaka directed Girls of the Night (1961).

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