Empress Yank Kwei Fei / Street of Shame ( Yôkihi / Akasen chitai )

Empress Yank Kwei Fei / Street of Shame (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Yôkihi / Akasen chitai
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
172 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1955-1956 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Kenji Mizoguchi

Written By:
Masashige Narusawa
Yoshiko Shibaki
Matsutarô Kawaguchi

Actors:
Machiko Kyô ..... Mickey
Aiko Mimasu ..... Yumeko
Ayako Wakao ..... Yasumi
Michiyo Kogure ..... Hanae
Kumeko Urabe ..... Otane
Yasuko Kawakami ..... Shizuko
Hiroko Machida ..... Yorie
Eitarô Shindô ..... Kurazô Taya
Sadako Sawamura ..... Tatsuko Taya
Toranosuke Ogawa ..... Mickey's Father
Bontarô Miyake ..... Nightwatch
Daisuke Katô ..... President of Brothel Owners' Association
Kenji Sahara
Machiko Kyô ..... Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Masayuki Mori ..... Emperor Xuan Zong
Sô Yamamura ..... An Lushan
Eitarô Shindô ..... Kao Li-hsi
Eitarô Ozawa ..... Yang Kuo-chung (as Saka Ozawa)
Haruko Sugimura ..... Princess Yen-chun
Yôko Minamida ..... Hung-tao
Bontarô Miyake ..... Chen-Hsuan-li
Tatsuya Ishiguro ..... Li Lin-fu
Michiko Ai ..... Honghua
Noboru Kiritachi ..... Cuihua
Osamu Maruyama ..... Li Kuei-nien

Synopsis:

Empress Yank Kwei Fei: In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against all the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.
Street of Shame: Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyo's Yoshiwara district. As the Diet considers a ban on prostitution, the women's daily dramas play out. Each has dreams and motivations. Hanae is married, her husband unemployed; they have a young child. Yumeko, a widow, uses her earnings to raise and support her son, who's now old enough to work and care for her. The aging Yorie has a man who wants to marry her. Yasumi saves money diligently to pay her debt and get out; she also has a suitor who wants to marry her, but she has other plans for him. Mickey seems the most devil-may-care, until her father comes from Kobe to bring her news of her family and ask her to come home.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 03 June, 2009.

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