Release Date

February, 7th, 1966

Running Time

89 min

Genre

Feature

Color

Monochrome

Screening Format

-

Screen Size

Cinema Scope (1:2.35)

Sound Processing

-

[ Directed by ]

• SUZUKI Seijun

[ Produced by ]

• SAKAGAMI Shizuo ── Planned by

[ Cast ]

• NOGAWA Yumiko ── TAKEDA Tsuyuko
• WADA Koji ── SAKATA Akira
• KAWACHI Tamio ── TAKANO Seiji

[ Staff ]

• KON Toko ── Based on a novel by
• MIKI Katsumi ── Screenplay
• MINE Shigeyoshi ── Cinematography
• KIMURA Takeo ── Art Director
• KOSUGI Taichiro ── Music

[ Production Company ]

NIKKATSU

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

NIKKATSU

[ Story ]

In this unabashed crowd-pleaser, NOGAWA Yumiko plays the curvaceous Tsuyuko, a young woman from a poor household who falls in love with Akira, the heir to a factory. Fed up with her hometown, she leaves for the city where she finds work in a nightclub and subsequent success as a model. While fending off the solicitations of her ardent admirers, she runs into Akira again, who appears down on his luck. Nogawa's stellar performance as the uninhibited, spirited heroine brings a levity to the film at odds with its occasionally bleak subject matter. The "Kawachi" of the title refers to a region situated in what is now modern-day Osaka.

Written by HOSHI Ryotaro
Translated by Adam Sutherland

[ Contact (International) ]

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