Soldiers' Girls

Soldiers' Girls
女の防波堤
Onna no bōhatei
Directed byHaku Komori
Produced byShintoho
CinematographyYoshito Okado
Music byMasao Koga
Distributed byShintoho
Release date
  • January 4, 1958 (1958-01-04)[1]
Running time
88 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Soldiers' Girls (女の防波堤, Onna no bōhatei) is a 1958 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Haku Komori and produced by Shintoho. It is a drama dealing with prostitution.

Plot

Struggling in post World War II Japan, Fumiko and Yuko try to avoid getting caught up with prostitution but end up involved with the Recreation and Amusement Association (RAA).

Cast

  • Kinuko Obata as Fumiko Taguchi, a young prostitute
  • Satsuki Arakawa as Yoshiko "Yuko" Fujii
  • Akemi Tsukushi as Kiyoko Shimada
  • Toshio Hosokawa (actor) (細川俊夫) as Hayashi, the Japanese boyfriend
  • James P. Hughes as American Second Lieutenant Brown
  • Yōko Mihara as Yuri, the experienced prostitute

See also

References

  1. ^ "女の防波堤". Jmdb.ne.jp. 23 December 2000. Retrieved 8 June 2021.