¡Shiroi Yaju
¡Japanese Movie

 Description
[Machine Translation] [Toho DVD Masterpiece Selection] A depiction of a terrible reality! Where does the white body go? The most ambitious and unique work of the postwar era! --Keiko (Mitsuko Miura) and naive Mari (Kumiko Kisho) are newly admitted to Shirayuri Dormitory, a rehabilitation facility for street prostitutes. Keiko has a rebellious attitude, smoking cigarettes in the dormitory and engaging in fights with Tamae (Ei Kitabayashi), a former comfort woman with whom she has many conflicts, but she is drawn to the matron (Satoshi Yamamura) who believes in the rehabilitation of the residents. One day, it is discovered that Mari is pregnant with a child whose father is unknown. Keiko is also found to be suffering from nervous syphilis. The film portrays women who lost their lives in the chaos of the postwar period, and their resilient, beautiful, and sorrowful lives in a rehabilitation dormitory. At the time of its release, this film was hailed as "Toho Pictures' shocking problem film! This is a human drama that was hailed as "Toho Film's shocking problem film" at the time of its release.

Original Release Year: 1950

凌 Credits
MIURA MITSUKO
Sou Yamamura
Eiji Okada
IINO KIMIKO
NAKAKITA CHIEKO
MOKUSHOU KUMIKO
NARUSE MIKIO
Akira Ifukube

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