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Jan 15, 1988 · Featured review. 6/10. A Japanese Neo-Noir. Sold at a young age into prostitution, "Tae Akimoto" (Yoko Shimada) eventually marries a wealthy patron named "Kiku Akimoto" (Kyoko Enami) and together they set up their own brothel in Yokohama just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Shun'ya Itô
- 1988-01-15
A surreal, idyllic (some may say nightmarish) journey into the life of a young girl who was sold at a young age into prostitution finds a new life by marrying a rich man and together they open a new and popular brothel made up of navy officers and big shots.
- Shunya Ito
- Toei Company
Yûki Kudô Cast. Hitomi Kuroki Cast. Hirô Matsuda Screenplay. Daisaku Kimura Cinematography. Shinichiro Ikebe Music. Critics reviews. A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.
LABYRINTH OF FLOWER GARDEN (HANAZONO NO MEIKYU; LABYRINTH ROMANESQUE), an erotic noir that appeared in 1988, is another female-centered, visually rapturous thriller. It doesn’t feature Meiko Kaji, but does star the nearly-as-captivating Yoko Shimada (of SHOGUN and CRYING FREEMAN), who’s at once menacing, authoritative and sexy.
Director. Yoko Yamazaki. Novel. Hiro Matsuda. Writer. Reviews. 0. A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.
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Hanazono no meikyu. ( 1988 ) Crime. Drama. Mystery. Based on Book. Based on Edogawa Ranpo Award winner «Hanazono no Meikyu» by Yoko Yamazaki. A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel. Сast and Crew. Stars. Yôko Shimada. Yûya Uchida. Yûki Kudô. Hitomi Kuroki. Tatsuo Nadaka. Kyoko Enami. Akira Nakao. Kyoko Tsujisawa. Mami Nomura. Junko Asahina.