Suzaki Paradise: Red Light

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light a.k.a. Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District or Suzaki Paradise: Akashingō (洲崎パラダイス　赤信号, Suzaki paradaisu Akashingō) is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Yuzo Kawashima. It is based on a novel by Yoshiko Shibaki. Director Kawashima called Suzaki Paradise: Red Light the favourite among his own films.[3]

Suzaki Paradise: Akashingō
Directed byYuzo Kawashima
Produced byShizuo Sakagami
Written by
Starring
Music byRiichiro Manabe
CinematographyKurataro Takamura
Edited byTadashi Nakamura
Production
company
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release date
  • 31 July 1956 (1956-07-31)
[1][2]
Running time
81 minutes[1][2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Synopsis

A jobless young couple, Yoshiji and Tsutae, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo where she once worked as a prostitute. Tsutae talks her way into a waitress job at the small bar of Osami, where they rent a small flat. Osami, mother of two children, manages the shop alone as she was abandoned by her husband. Yoshiji starts working as an errand boy in a nearby noodle shop, jealous of Tsutae whose direct manners attract the male customers. Fed up with Yoshiji's jealousy and their monetary struggles, she accepts the offer of Mr. Ochiai, a regular customer and owner of a radio and TV sales shop, to move into a flat payed by him. Yoshiji's colleague Tamako, who feels sympathetic towards him, is worried about his deteriorating condition. When Ochiai loses interest in Tsutae, she returns to Yoshiji. Together, they enter a bus, not knowing what their destination will be.

Cast

References
  1. "洲崎パラダイス　赤信号 (Suzaki Paradise: Red Light)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  2. "洲崎パラダイス　赤信号 (Suzaki Paradise: Red Light)" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
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