Hero of the Red Light District

Drama, History

🏆 Fan Favorite

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Tomu Uchida

Status Released

Release Date 1960-09-03

Storyline

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him, until an indentured peasant prostitute, Tamarazu, takes the unsavoury assignment and treats him with brash tenderness.