Gate of Flesh
1964 · Movie · 90 min · ★ 6.6 · 83% critics
In the ruins and black markets of postwar Tokyo, a small group of sex workers survives by following strict rules and protecting one another. When a wounded former soldier enters their world, desire, power, and survival begin to strain the fragile order they have built.
Based on Nikutai no Mon
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Details
- Original title
- 肉体の門
- Years
- 1964
- Release date
- 1964-05-31
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (69 votes)
About
You might like this if you want a fierce, bleak survival drama with pulpy energy and a strong postwar setting, especially if Pigs and Battleships appeals to you; Not for you if brutality, sexual content, or relentless misery are dealbreakers.
Pros: vivid atmosphere; raw emotional intensity; striking social backdrop | Cons: harsh sexual violence; grim unpleasant tone; somewhat disjointed story
Themes
- tokyo, japan
- prostitution
- post war japan
- japanese new wave
- shōwa era (1926-89)
- post-war chaos period
Cast & crew
Joe Shishido
as Shintaro Ibuki
Kōji Wada
as Abe
Yumiko Nogawa
as Maya
Tomiko Ishii
as Oroku
Kayo Matsuo
as Omino
- SK
Satoko Kasai
as Sen
Misako Tominaga
as Machiko
Isao Tamagawa
as Horidome
Chico Lourant
as Black Pastor
Eimei Esumi
as Ogasawara
Directed by Seijun Suzuki