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Yoshiwara Enjo - High class prostitutes love, suffer, and fight each other in Gosha Hideo's drama set in the Yoshiwara pleasure district in the early 20th century.

Set in 1911, and inspired by the novel ‘Yoshiwara on Fire’ by Saito Shinichi. The somber story of a young girl sold into prostitution by her destitute father to a brothel in the Yoshiwara “pleasure” district of Tokyo. The owners of the brothel have high hopes to make her the great new addition which will attract only the richest of customers. But after several months of training, she tries to flee Yoshiwara when the time has come for her to take her first customer.

Director: GOSHA HIDEO

Stars: Yuko Natori, Rino Katase, Jinpachi Nezu, Sayoko Ninomiya, Mariko Fuji

1987 – JAPANESE with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES – COLOR – 16:9 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN – 133 MINUTES