Tokyo Bordello (1987)

In their unremitting worldwide quest to ensure that puritan values are observed wherever they have influence, the Americans occupying Japan outlawed the famous Yoshiwara District in Tokyo, where prostitution had been legal for many hundreds of years. However, long before that international disaster, a fire destroyed most of the district in 1911. This lavishly produced film explores the career of a young girl who was sold into prostitution in 1908 up to the time of the fire in 1911. In the story of this historical drama, which is punctuated by a few softcore sex scenes, the girl goes through many emotional ups and downs, as do the other prostitutes…

Un homme d'affaires ruiné est contraint de confier sa fille, Hisano, à un proxénète pour rembourser ses dettes. Celle-ci est revendue à une maison de geisha de Yoshiwara, le plus grand quartier des plaisirs du Japon où la prostitution est un art en même temps qu'un commerce depuis plusieurs siècles. Hisano est confiée aux trois oïran de la maison qui vont être chargées de la former à l'art des plaisirs…

* Director: Hideo Gosha
* Main Cast: Yuko Natori, Jinpachi Nezu, Rino Katase, Mariko
* Run Time: 133 minutes