Ikunosuke Koizumi

A rough, uncompromising film about a washed-up prostitute going through the hardships of life on the margins of society.

Set in Kawaguchi, just north of Tokyo in the early 60s, the movie chronicles the lives of poor foundry workers and their families; and one girl's dreams of self-improvement through going on to higher education.

The amorous adventures of Reiko, who lives and works in a rural fishing village. Pinku from 1977.

A working-class housewife is sexually unsatisfied by her husband, and seeks fulfillment through extramarital relationships. Her affairs are discovered by a female brothel-owner who then blackmails the woman into prostitution.