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1961

Onna no tsuribashi

Adorable Schemers

女のつり橋

Release Date
April, 16th, 1961
Running Time
78 min
Genre
Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
-,D2
Screen Size
Cinema Scope (1:2.35)

[ Directed by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

DAIEI

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

DAIEI

[ Story ]

A Girl Named Kinue
Kinue works at the lsogaki Massage Service Center at a hot-spring resort not far from Tokyo where, with a number of other girls she goes to the various hotels to massage their guests.
Kinue's secret is her love for her employer's son who is a student in Tokyo. When she hears that Yoji is coming home her heart is bursting with happiness, she can hardly concentrate on her work, and when her work is done returns on flying feet. But…!
A Girl Named Midori
Midori shares a deluxe apartment with her friend Miyako and the two girls decide upon a very promising plan. Each finds a patron. However, when Midori's patron calls Miyako slips out, and when Miyake's comes around then Midori makes herself scarce. Neither patron ever sees the other and things go along quite smoothly for a long time. But…!
A Girl Named Mayura
Mayura is a strip-tease dancer in Asakusa. One midsummer night, she wanders around the streets and soon finds herself at the rear entrance of the theatre where she dances. The janitor of the theatre is an old man and refuses to allow her to spend the night there. But…!

【Quoted from Unijapan Film Quarterly 1961 4.3】

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KADOKAWA CORPORATION
International Sales, Motion Picture Business

2-13-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8177
Rep: NATSUNO Takeshi (President)
Attn: MORI Chiyo
tel: +81 50 1746 1220
E-mail: mori-c@kadokawa.jp
http://www.kadokawa.co.jp

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