Gate of Flesh
Nikutai no mon, Gate of Flesh, feature film, 1964.
DIRECTED BY: Seijun Suzuki
CAST:
Yumiko Nogawa (Maya),
Jô Shishido (Shintaro Ibuki),
Kayo Matsuo (Omino),
Satoko Kasai (Sen),
Tamiko Ishii (Oroku)
SCRIPT:
Goro Tanada (prema romanu Taijira Tamure)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Shigeyoshi Mine
Synopsis:
After WW II, Tokyo is devastated and a group of poor people, including a few prostitutes, organizes in order to survive. Aware that they cannot trust anyone, they create their own code of conduct, which they all respect and follow. Every offence is severely punished. They live in a ruined building, but everything functions well until a wounded thief, Shintaro, seeks shelter with them. They agree to help him but he disturbs the group’s dynamic.
35 mm, color, 90 min