Occupied Japan 1945 - 1952: Gender, Class, Race
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Occupied Japan 1945 - 1952: Gender, Class, Race

Film Poster, Women of the Night

Fusako (Tanaka Kinuyo) and her sister (Takasugi Sanae) in "Women of the Night," 1948, a film about "respectable women" from Osaka City who were forced into prostitution to survive. Directed by Mizoguchi Kenji.
Left Poster From: Zusetsu Shō no rekishi. Vol. 9. Tokyo: Shū, 1979-1980.
Right Still Shot From: Hirano, Kyoko. Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo: Japanese Cinema under the American Occupation, 1945-1952. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992.

 

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