Woman of Tokyo
Feb 09 1933
•1h 47m
•Drama
Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.
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Yoshiko Okada
Chikako
Ureo Egawa
Ryoichi
Kinuyo Tanaka
Harue
Shin'yō Nara
Kinoshita
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