Akasen Honmoku chabuya no onna

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shinichi Shiratori directs. Teruo Hatanaka behind the camera. Yusuke Hoguchi scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 251 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Directed by Shinichi Shiratori, shot by Teruo Hatanaka. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 5Original score by Yusuke Hoguchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 6Hiromi Maya and Yūko Katagiri and Kiyoshi Abe carry the top of the cast.
• 7IMDB entry: tt0287305 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Teruo Hatanaka

Original score

Yusuke Hoguchi

Runtime

69 min · 1h 9m

Status

Released

Original language

JA

IMDB

Akasen Honmoku chabuya no onna (1975) ↗

Also by

Shinichi Shiratori

• 
  Koichiro Uno's Yummy and Meaty

  1977 · ★ 10.0
• 
  Hirusagari no joji: susurinaki

  1977 · ★ 10.0
• 
  New Apartment Wife: Swapping

  1975 · ★ 9.0
• 
  Koichiro Uno's Up and Down

  1977 · ★ 9.0
• 
  Woman's Bedroom: Lusty Competition

  1978 · ★ 9.0
• 
  Uno Kôichirô no Kai kurabe

  1980 · ★ 9.0

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Nikkatsu Corporation

  JP

Key crew

• Assistant DirectorMasao Asada
• Art DirectionShinya Inoue
• Art DirectionTakeshi Omura
• Sound RecordistKoshiro Jinbo
• Lighting DirectorHaruo Kawashima

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• softcore
• pink film

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical1975-01-25

Also known as

International titles

• Akasen Honmoku chabuya no onnaJP
• Yokohama Chophouse GirlsUS
• Red Light District: Woman in the Honmoku BrothelUS