In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.
Kinuyo Tanaka
Fusako Owada
Sanae Takasugi
Natsuko Kimijima
Tomie Tsunoda
Kumiko Owada
Mitsuo Nagata
Kenzô Kuriyama
Kōju Murata
Hospital Director
Kumeko Urabe
Brothel Keeper
Kikue Mōri
Second Hand Clothes Shop Proprietres
Minpei Tomimoto
Koji Owada
Umeko Ôbayashi
Tokuko Owada
Hiroshi Aoyama
Kiyoshi Kawakita
Fusako Maki
Pureblood Society Lady
Aizo Tamashima
Women's Home Director
Street of Shame
Gate of Flesh
Pigs and Battleships
A Hen in the Wind
Sakuran
The Outsider
Intentions of Murder
Tokyo Decadence
Repast
In the Realm of the Senses
The Man from Elysian Fields
The Woman in the Rumor
The Insect Woman
Kabukicho Love Hotel
One Wonderful Sunday
It Feels So Good
Like Someone in Love
Asako I & II
Floating Clouds
Angel Guts: Red Classroom