Gate of Flesh

In an impoverished and burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-World War II Japan, a band of Prostitution in Japan defend their territory, squatting in a bombed-out building. Somehow they eke out a living together. Forming a sort of family in an environment where everyone (Occupation of Japan and Japanese yakuza) is a potential antagonist, the girls cajole each other, and ruthlessly punish any of their group who violate the cardinal rule—no having sex for free. A new girl, Maya (Yumiko Nogawa), joins their group and learns the trade. An ex-soldier, Shintaro Ibuki (Joe Shishido), is shot nearby and holes up with the girls. Each of them starts to crave Ibuki, placing strains on the group. Maya feels it worse, seeing him as replacement for her brother (who died in Borneo). She takes him after a night of drunken revelry, and both are ostracized. Agreeing to run away together, he is shot in a double-cross, and she is left as she was at the beginning of the film—alone and hopeless.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 94462
  • Status Released
  • Released Worldwide August 10, 1948
  • Content Rating United States of America NR
  • Runtime 91 minutes
  • Original Country Japan
  • Original Language English
  • Spoken Languages Japanese
  • Production Countries Japan
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