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Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.


A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest red-light district in Tokyo. The owner of the brothel has hopes to make her a great new addition which will attract 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...

Yūko Natori
Hisano Ueda

Rino Katase
Kikugawa

Jinpachi Nezu
Shinsuke Furushima

Sayoko Ninomiya
Hisashige

Mariko Fuji
Yoshizato

Kyôko Kishida
Narrator

Noriko Hayami
Ayame

Tonpei Hidari
Yoshimatsu

Junichi Inoue
Miyata

Yumi Iori
Prostitute
Tokyo Bordello is a history, drama film released in 1987. Directed by Hideo Gosha, it stars Yūko Natori, Rino Katase, Jinpachi Nezu. A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest red-light district in Tokyo. The owner of the brothel has hopes to make her a great new addition which will attract 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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