Gate Of Flesh

In the shell-shocked, rubble-strewn wasteland of postwar Tokyo during the Allied Occupation, a group of prostitutes band to together to form a makeshift guild with the aim of pooling their resources to build a dancehall called Paradise. As their independent existence becomes threatened by the hawkish parade of gangsters, black marketeers and would-be pimps all looking for a cut from their flesh-peddling, the discovery of an unexploded bomb in the cavernous burned-out building where they ply their trade throws their dreams into further jeopardy. Hideo Gosha (Violent Streets, Yakuza Wives) brings a fresh eye to this oft-filmed story by Taijiro Tamura, best known from its 1964 adaptation by Seijun Suzuki, resulting in a powerful and compelling drama making its home premiere for the very first time outside of Japan courtesy of 88 Films. HIGH-DEFINITION BLU-RAY PRESENTATION IN 1.85:1 ASPECT RATIO ORIGINAL MONO AUDIO WITH NEW ENGLISH SUBTITLES AUDIO COMMENTARY BY AMBER T. AND JASPER SHARP BRAND NEW FILMED INTRODUCTION BY EARL JACKSON EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TOEI TATTOO ARTIST SEIJI MOURI STILLS GALLERY TRAILER TEASER BOOKLET ESSAYS BY ROBIN GATTO AND IRENE GONZÁLEZ-LÓPEZ ORIGINAL AND NEWLY COMMISSIONED ARTWORK BY ILAN SHEADY