Tokyo bordello (1987) aka Yoshiwara enjo (吉原炎上)

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Set in 1911, and inspired by the novel “Yoshiwara on Fire” by Saito Shinichi. The story of a young girl sold into prostitution by her destitute father to a brothel in the Yoshiwara “pleasure” district of Tokyo. The owners of the brothel have high hopes to make her the great new addition which will attract only the richest of customers. But after several months of training, she tries to flee Yoshiwara when the time has come for her to take her first customer.

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Like a Rolling Stone (1994) aka Bô no kanashimi

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Tanaka is a yakuza who collects ‘protection money’ from establishments. He has just been released from jail, where he had spent eight years, and finds out that his boss wants to get rid of him. Tanaka is not an archetypal yakuza; he travels by public transport. But he does have two mistresses: Ayumi, who runs a nightclub, and Yoshie, a brothel-keeper. When Tanaka’s boss ends up in hospital, second man Kurauchi exerts increasing pressure on Tanaka. Tanaka deliberately has himself wounded by a fighter to dodge several of Kurauchi’s demands.

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Temptation Summary II (1991) aka Sei dou yau waak

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TemptationSummaryII+1991-bWhen two prostitutes, Wah and Fong, find their dreams shattered, they resort to starring in pornographic films. A second-class actress named Tracy intentionally exposes her body, bringing her lots of acting work and a wealthy husband. She also seduces her sister’s boyfriend and gets him caught. Her despairing sister, losing all she ever had, chooses to act in pornographic movies.

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Top Stripper (1982) aka Zûmu appu: Maruhon uwasa no sutorippa

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A frank coming-of-age story, in which young Yoichi falls for Gloria at the local strip joint. Yoichi’s innocent nature has him attending her shows every day, filling his mind with her beauty. The standard bittersweet disappointments of the coming-of-age story are offset by irreverent moments of levity; a quirk of director Yoshimitsu Morita’s which he became known for.

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Captured Mother and Daughter: She Beast (1987) aka Hahako kankin: Mesu

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A Japanese schoolgirl witnesses the suicide of her close friend and the indifference of her classmates to the bloody spectacle. Later, she walks in on a gang of thugs raping her mother and is summarily given the same treatment before being forced into prostitution.

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