This is a rental used DVD. The disc has many scratches and is not in good condition. It was viewable, so please purchase if you are okay with that. The case has been replaced with a new one. This human drama, based on Akira Kurosawa's unfinished manuscript, depicts the strong yet sorrowful lives of the courtesans in the red-light district of Fukagawa, Edo. The film is directed by Kei Kumai ("The Black Summer of Japan: The Unjust Accusation"). Kazuo Okuhara ("The Black Summer of Japan: The Unjust Accusation") is in charge of photography. The film stars Misa Shimizu ("The Melancholy of the Fields") and Nagiko Toono ("The Black Summer of Japan: The Unjust Accusation"). A 90th-anniversary film for Nikkatsu. Misa Shimizu Nagiko Toono Masatoshi Nagase Hidetaka Yoshioka Miho Tsumiki Michiko Kawai Yumiko Nogawa