Street of Shame

“Men were their prey! Beauty was their lure!”

In Tokyo, a brothel called Dreamland stays open while the Diet argues over a bill that would make its trade illegal. Mizoguchi, in his last film, follows five women who work there, among them Mickey (Machiko Kyō) and Yasumi (Ayako Wakao), each with her own reasons for being behind its door. Hanae (Michiyo Kogure), Yumeko (Aiko Mimasu) and the others keep to their rooms, and the debate goes on outside.