Fresh
The film prefigures Mizoguchi's later work in its angry emphasis on double standards, its visual precision and its engaged but never preachy tone.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Overview
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.
Director and cast
- Kenji Mizoguchi Director
- Isuzu Yamada as Ayako Murai
- Chiyoko Ôkura as Sachiko Murai
- Shinpachirō Asaka as Hiroshi Murai
- Benkei Shiganoya as Sonosuke Asai
- Yōko Umemura as Sumiko Asai
- Kensaku Hara as Susumu Nishimura
- Shizuko Takizawa as Mine Fukuda
- Eitarō Shindō as Yoshizo Fujino
- Kunio Tamura as Dr. Yoko
- Takashi Shimura as Inspector
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
One of Kenji Mizoguchi's finest efforts.
Fred Camper, Chicago Reader
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