赤线地带

20世纪50年代中期，日本国会即将推出禁止卖春的法律，这项决议在色情业繁荣的吉原引起巨大震动。 　　梦之里，是一家坐落在吉原的色情沙龙，几个有着不同遭遇的女人汇集于此。由里江（町田博子 饰）渴望平凡的主妇生活，但婚姻不顺，使得她往返吉原；花绘（木暮实千代 饰）为了给丈夫治病，照顾年幼的孩子，不得不一次次向路人献出笑脸；梦子（三有益爱子 饰）渴望走出吉原，和儿子住到一起，但儿子却以母亲为耻；阿休（若尾文子 饰）的父亲贪污入狱，需要巨额保释金，这个年轻貌美的女子为了钱财不惜一切代价；米奇（京マチ子 饰）生性叛逆，宁愿沦落风尘，也不想面对虚伪的父亲。这些女子因各种原因涉足烟花，为了遥不可及的幸福奋力挣扎…… 　　本片为沟口健二遗作，获1956年威尼斯国际电影节金狮奖提名。Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyo's Yoshiwara district. As the Diet considers a ban on prostitution, the women's daily dramas play out. Each has dreams and motivations. Hanae is married, her husband unemployed; they have a young child. Yumeko, a widow, uses her earnings to raise and support her son, who's now old enough to work and care for her. The aging Yorie has a man who wants to marry her. Yasumi saves money diligently to pay her debt and get out; she also has a suitor who wants to marry her, but she has other plans for him. Mickey seems the most devil-may-care, until her father comes from Kobe to bring her news of her family and ask her to come home.