Gate of Flesh

About Gate of Flesh

Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named Paradise. The hookers live in a bombed-out building, but they accept the precarious situation with typical resolve.

Gate of Flesh is a 1988 crime film directed by Hideo Gosha. It runs 119 minutes and was released in April 1988.

Its themes are prostitution, post war japan, and post-war chaos period.

Rino Katase appears as Kanto Komasa, Yūko Natori as Rakucho no Osumi, Jinpachi Nezu as Yoshio Hakamada, and Miyuki Kanō as Borneo Maya. The screenplay is by Kazuo Kasahara.

Gate of Flesh, Godzilla, and Stray Dog make useful companions to Gate of Flesh.