Night of the Felines

Here's a film unafraid to ask what might happen if a bathhouse brothel met a sitcom. Three prostitutes navigate their working lives in Shinjuku. The film finds a strange, unserious pathos in the clash of fleeting intimacy and human connection.

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Noboru Tanaka directed Night of the Felines in 1972. See Noboru Tanaka's full filmography, where to start with Noboru Tanaka, or where to go after you've seen everything by Noboru Tanaka.

Night of the Felines was released in 1972 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 68 minutes.