"The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law."
Machiko Kyō
as Mickey
Ayako Wakao
as Yasumi
Michiyo Kogure
as Hanae
Aiko Mimasu
as Yumeko
Kenji Sugawara
as Eiko
Yasuko Kawakami
as Shizuko
Eitarō Shindō
as Kurazô Taya
Bontarō Miake
as Officer Nonomura
Haruo Tanaka
as Osaka Salesman
Sadako Sawamura
as Tatsuko Taya
Daisuke Katō
as Mr. Nomura
Hisao Toake
as Shiomi
Jun Tatara
as Yumeko's Client
Osamu Maruyama
as Sato Yasukichi
Hiroko Machida
as Yorie
Kumeko Urabe
as Otane
Fujio Harumoto
as Aoki
Yosuke Irie
as Kadowaki Shuichi
Kenichi Miyajima
as Hanae's Client
Toranosuke Ogawa
as Mickey's Father
Kokuten Kōdō
as Kadowaki Keisaku
Eiko Miyoshi
as Kadowaki Saku
Kanji Sugawara
Editor
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Yoshiko Shibaki
Novel
Masashige Narusawa
Screenplay
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Hisao Ichikawa
Tsugio Tôgô
Costume Design
Hiroshi Mizutani
Production Design
Yasuzō Masumura
Assistant Director
Bainari Nakamura