In early post-war Osaka, three women—war widow Fusako, her Korean expat sister Natsuko, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law—descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.
Kinuyo Tanaka
Fusako Owada
Sanae Takasugi
Natsuko Kimijima
Tomie Tsunoda
Kumiko Owada
Mitsuo Nagata
Kenzô Kuriyama
Kōju Murata
Hospital Director
Kumeko Urabe
Brothel Keeper
Kikue Mōri
Second Hand Clothes Shop Proprietres
Minpei Tomimoto
Koji Owada
Umeko Ôbayashi
Tokuko Owada
Hiroshi Aoyama
Kiyoshi Kawakita
Fusako Maki
Pureblood Society Lady
Aizo Tamashima
Women's Home Director
Chez Nous
Monster
My Own Private Idaho
Whirlpool of Flesh
Dawn of the Felines
Mysterious Skin
Party Girl
Street of Shame
Gate of Flesh
Pigs and Battleships
A Hen in the Wind
The Outsider
Sakuran
Intentions of Murder
Days of Being Wild
Gummo
Fallen Gods
Tokyo Decadence
Repast
The Insect Woman