Prostitution, rehabilitation centres and syphilis.
After World War II, Mizoguchi was inspired by Italian neorealism to make one of the most emotionally and visually raw films of his career. Filmed on location in Osaka, Women of the Night concerns two sisters—Fusako, a war widow, and Natsuko, having an affair with a narcotics smuggler—who along with their younger friend Kumiko descend into prostitution and moral chaos amid the postwar devastation surrounding them.
After World War II, Mizoguchi was inspired by Italian neorealism to make one of the most emotionally and visually raw films of his career. Filmed on location in Osaka, Women of the Night concerns two sisters—Fusako, a war widow, and Natsuko, having an affair with a narcotics smuggler—who along with their younger friend Kumiko descend into prostitution and moral chaos amid the postwar devastation surrounding them.
Both films in Post War Japan with prostitutes female leads that must survive.
They are both sent to a Rehabilitation Centre/ Women Reformatory.
Both denounce that part of the way of living of prostitutes is a direct consequence of an act of sexual violence that doesn't let them live a "normal" life.
In "Women of the Night", Kinuyo Tanaka is the female lead. In "Girls of the night", she is the film director.
They are both sent to a Rehabilitation Centre/ Women Reformatory.
Both denounce that part of the way of living of prostitutes is a direct consequence of an act of sexual violence that doesn't let them live a "normal" life.
In "Women of the Night", Kinuyo Tanaka is the female lead. In "Girls of the night", she is the film director.
