Movie: Red-Light Bases

Top 10 Billed Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
三国連太郎

Koichi Kawanabe

Akemi Negishi
根岸明美

Yukiko

Keiju Kobayashi
小林桂樹

School Teacher Uenishi

Chieko Nakakita
中北千枝子

Harue

Nobuo Kaneko
金子信雄

Sugio Kawanabe

Yoshiko Hirose
広瀬嘉子

Tokiko Kawanabe

Kyoko Aoyama
青山京子

Fumiko Kawanabe

Takashi Ito
伊藤高志

Toshio Kawanabe

Yuriko Hanabusa
英百合子

Otoku Kawanabe

Kokuten Kōdō
高堂国典

Jusaku Kawanabe

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  • Overview

    Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.

  • Release Date

    1953-12-08

  • Average

    9

  • Rating:

    4.5 starts
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  • Genres

  • Languages:

    日本語
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