Five female sex workers are employed at Dreamland, a licensed brothel near the Sensōji Temple in Tokyo's Yoshiwara district. As the Diet of Japan considers a ban on prostitution, the women's daily dramas play out. Each has dreams and motivations.
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
Kiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleased.
Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named Paradise. The hookers live in a bombed-out building, but they accept the precarious situation with typical resolve.
In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stumbles into their midst, lusts and loyalties clash, with tragic results. With Gate of Flesh, visionary director Seijun Suzuki delivers a whirlwind of social critique and pulp drama, shot through with brilliant colors and raw emotions.
Ellili yaşlarına gelmiş olan Oharu, bir zamanlar Kyoto'da bir imparatorluk mahkemesinde nedimelik yapmıştır. Artık erkekler üzerindeki etkisini yitirmiştir. Bİr zamanlar kendinden daha alt statüde bir adama aşık olmuş ve bu ortaya çıktığında ailesiyle birlikte sürgün edilmiştir. İhara Saikaku'nun 'Aşka Aşık Kadın' romanından uyarlanmıştır.