The Oldest Profession
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The Oldest Profession

Film Movement Classics

The Oldest Profession

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Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month Film Club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. In 2015, Film Movement launched the reissue label Film Movement Classics featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on home video, with an emphasis on films by auteur directors such as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway and Takeshi Kitano.

19-year-old Tome is a sex worker who draws in customers around the red-light district of Osaka. She lives with her mentally disabled younger brother, Saneo, and her mother, Yone, who is also still active as a sex worker despite being over 40 years old. One day, after receiving a request for a young girl, Tome goes to the designated inn. On arrival she encounters Yone, who is unable to find work. A few days later, Yone tells Tome that she is pregnant...

20 years have passed since the Prostitution Prevention Law was enacted, and the red-light district is now gone. Nonetheless, sex work as a profession persists. Noboru Tanaka's controversial film (also known as ""Lusty Beast Market"") portrays sorrowful but strong and resilient women who have no other choice but to earn a living by selling their bodies.

directed by: Noboru Tanaka
starring: Meika Seri, Junko Miyashita, Genshû Hanayagi, Moeko Ezawa, Shiro Yumemura
1973 / 84 min / 2.39:1 / Japanese DTS-HD MA 1.0

Additional info:

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • ""Private Business & Public Obscenities"" video essay by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp
  • 16 page booklet with a written essay by Japan Society film programmer Alexander Fee
  • English subtitles