Shiroi Yaju

[Machine Translation] [Toho DVD Masterpiece Selection] A depiction of a terrible reality! Where does the white body go? The most ambitious and unique work of the postwar era! --Keiko (Mitsuko Miura) and naive Mari (Kumiko Kisho) are newly admitted to Shirayuri Dormitory, a rehabilitation facility for street prostitutes. Keiko has a rebellious attitude, smoking cigarettes in the dormitory and engaging in fights with Tamae (Ei Kitabayashi), a former comfort woman with whom she has many conflicts, but she is drawn to the matron (Satoshi Yamamura) who believes in the rehabilitation of the residents. One day, it is discovered that Mari is pregnant with a child whose father is unknown. Keiko is also found to be suffering from nervous syphilis. The film portrays women who lost their lives in the chaos of the postwar period, and their resilient, beautiful, and sorrowful lives in a rehabilitation dormitory. At the time of its release, this film was hailed as "Toho Pictures' shocking problem film! This is a human drama that was hailed as "Toho Film's shocking problem film" at the time of its release.

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[東宝DVD名作セレクション] 凄さまじき現実描破! 白い肉体のゆくえ。大胆に衝く戦後最高の野心的異色作! ――摘発された街娼の更生施設・白百合寮に、新たに入寮した贅沢な身なりの啓子 (三浦光子) と純朴なマリ (木匠久美子)。啓子は、寮内で煙草を吸ったり、自分とことごとく衝突する元慰安婦の玉枝 (北林谷栄) と取っ組み合いの喧嘩をしたりするなど、反抗的な態度だったが、入寮者の更生を信じる寮長 (山村聰) に惹かれてゆく。ある日、マリが父親の分からない子を妊娠していることが判明した。そして、啓子も神経性の梅毒に蝕まれていることが判った・・・。戦後の混乱の中で身を落とした女たちが、更生寮で逞しく、美しく、哀しく生きてゆく姿を正面から描く。公開当時は「東宝映画衝撃の問題作!!」と謳われた人間ドラマ。

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