Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss in order to pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.
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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
Kenji Mizoguchi Director
Kenji Mizoguchi Story
Saburo Okada Story
Yoshikata Yoda Screenplay
Tadashi Fujiwara Dialogue
Minoru Miki Director of Photography
Masaichi Nagata Producer
Tazuko Sakane Editor
Kōichi Takagi Assistant Director
Tadashi Fujiwara Screenplay
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Japan 28 May 1936
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1936. Directed by Mizoguchi Kenji. Starring Yamada Isuzu Takegawa Sei'ichi and Okura Chiyoko. Subtitles in English Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish.
Bearing the burden of her father's debt a young woman becomes her employer's mistress. But this selfless act threatens to bring about her downfall.
"This final view of Ayako is the most powerful image in the film and is often cited as one of the most absorbing images in Mizoguchi's oeuvre. The image of ...
The opening theme from Mizoguchi Kenji's 1936 film Osaka music by Takagi Kôichi.
Bem 05 anos antes do wellesiano Cidadão Kane em Mizoguchi já há o uso exemplar da profundidade de campo.
Within every Mizoguchi film a second film hidden between the moments.
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