Japan Autumn Festival in Hong Kong – Rediscovering Nippon 2023 > Programmes > Girls of Dark
    Girls of Dark

    Event Registration # : 230052

    Category: Movies

    • Event Entities:
      Consulate-General of Japan in Hong Kong, The Japan Foundation and Film Culture Centre (Hong Kong)
    • Date:18-11-2023
    • Time:19:40
    • Venue: Kowloon (Kowloon (K11 Art House Level 4, K11 MUSEA, Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon (MTR East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Exit J)))
    Although the "Prostitution Prevention Act" was passed in 1958, many women in the sex trade still smartly slipped through the loopholes of the law to trade. If a sex worker is arrested in a raid by the police, she will be forcibly sent to reformatory for rehabilitation. There are many such women living in the Shiragiku Protective Facility, including Kuniko who longs to regain her freedom and be able to live her own life. With the right guidance, she re-joined society and found a job through an employment agency. However, the process of rehabilitation is filled with discrimination and contempt. The lack of social acceptance is not only from men, but also from women.

    This is the fifth feature of Tanaka Kinuyo, who starred in Mizoguchi Kenji's masterpiece, Women of the Night (1948). Her approach in portraying women from a female perspective is in a provocative fashion and shapes a new image of women who live for themselves.

    Screening Schedule please refer to: https://tinyurl.com/eng-against-the-flow

    Ticket prize
    Regular Price: HK$85 | Children / Full-time students / Elderly: HK$65 | MCL MAX Members: HK$75
    Inquiry
    Consulate-General of Japan in Hong Kong
    Public Relations and Cultural Affairs Division
    Tel: 2522-1184
    E-mail: infojp@hn.mofa.go.jp


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