Gate of Flesh

A gritty, character-driven portrait of resilience and solidarity among Tokyo's marginalized sex workers in the rubble of post-war Japan, balancing hardship with collective hope.

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.