288. Women of the night (1948)

Country:Japan Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi Although not among the major works of Mizoguchi, Women of the night remains a movie that is not appreciated enough: very few know about it and even fewer mention it or include it in lists. It's a pity because, with all its weaknesses, the film still has many great moments and undeniable qualities. Raw, daring, full of emotion, depicts,from an almost feminist point of view, the heartbreaking position of countless young women in post war Japan, who were trying hard to survive in totaly inhuman conditions, with an unfiltered way that very few movies of the era managed to achieve