Hero of the Red-Light District
{{Short description|1960 Japanese film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox film
|name = Hero of the Red-Light District
|image =
|caption =
|director = Tomu Uchida
|producer = Jun'ichirō Tamaki
|writer = Yoshikata Yoda
|starring = {{ubl|Chiezō Kataoka|Yaeko Mizutani|Isao Kimura|Minoru Chiaki|Shinobu Chihara}}
|music = Toshio Nakamura
|cinematography = Sadaji Yoshida
|editing = Shintarō Miyamoto
|studio = Toei Company
|distributor = Toei Company
|released = {{Film date|1960|9|4|Japan|df=y|ref1={{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=23177 |title=妖刀物語 花の吉原百人斬り |website=Kinenote |language=ja |access-date=12 July 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1960/cj004150.htm |title=妖刀物語 花の吉原百人斬り |website=Japanese Movie Database |language=ja |access-date=12 July 2023}}}}
|runtime = 109 minutes
|country = Japan
|language = Japanese
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{{nihongo|Hero of the Red-Light District|妖刀物語 花の吉原百人斬り|Yoto monogatari: Hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin giri}}, also titled Yoshiwara: The Pleasure Quarter or Killing in Yoshiwara, is a 1960 Japanese jidaigeki and drama film by Tomu Uchida.
Plot
Jirozaemon, a successful textile merchant from the provinces, cannot find a wife because of his disfiguring birthmark. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him. When he meets enslaved street prostitute Tamatsuru, who treats him with kindness, he falls in love with her, intent to free and marry her, which leads to his downfall.
Cast
- Chiezō Kataoka as Jirozaemon
- Yaeko Mizutani as Tamatsuru (credited as Yoshie Mizutani)
- Isao Kimura as Einojo
- Minoru Chiaki as Josuke
- Shinobu Chihara as Yaegaki
Legacy
In his Story of Cinema, David Shipman declared Uchida "the equal of Mizoguchi and Kinugasa" for this film, while film historian Alexander Jacoby rated it as "ultimately one of his [Uchida's] most conventional" works and "academic".{{cite magazine|title=Uchida, Tomu |magazine=Senses of Cinema |last=Jacoby |first=Alexander |date=July 2005 |issue=36 |access-date=12 July 2023 |url=https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2005/great-directors/uchida/}}
Hero of the Red-Light District was screened in the Museum of Modern Art as part of a retrospective on Tomu Uchida in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/2400 |title=Yoto monogatari: Hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin giri (Killing in Yoshiwara). 1960. Directed by Tomu Uchida |website=Museum of Modern Art |access-date=12 July 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0187119}}
{{Tomu Uchida}}
Category:Films directed by Tomu Uchida
Category:Films with screenplays by Yoshikata Yoda
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