
Pigs and Battleships(1961)
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.


In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for a vice boss.

Katsuko Wakasugi
Oden Takahashi

Jūzaburō Akechi
Kazuma Namikawa

Tetsuro Tamba
Ihei Ôsawa
Akira Nakamura
Jinjûrô Koga
Gen Funabashi
Kakunosuke Kurata
Asao Matsumoto
Naminosuke Takahashi
Saburō Sawai
Kichizô Gotô
Arata Shibata
Ichizô
Minako Yamada
Kozue Kurata
A Wicked Woman is a drama, crime film released in 1958 exploring themes of loss of loved one, yakuza, human trafficking, meiji period, takahashi oden. Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa, it stars Katsuko Wakasugi, Jūzaburō Akechi, Tetsuro Tamba. In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for a vice boss.
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