(Maruhi) shikijô mesu ichiba

A good movie to show anyone who thinks there's even a glimmer of "Pretty Woman" in streetwalking. This movie shows an underbelly of Japan unlike that which you will see anywhere else. Trash in the streets; drunks at the curb; prostitutes openly propositioning men; pimps stealing other pimps' prostitutes; inter-generational prostitute families; all this and a lot more than you'll see (or that I've seen) in multiple trips to Japan (or Osaka) . With all this, it's a really good movie as long as you can tough it out. There are a few themes that go far, far outside the regular lanes of dramatic films, but that fit into the characters here. But let me assure you, not a "date night" movie. Worth seeking out.