Someone Else's Shinjuku East

Overview

Kabukicho, located on the east side of Shinjuku, is one of the more famous red light districts in Tokyo. There are over 3000 registered bars, and at least 1000 of them are Taiwanese-owned. In the late 1970s, over 10,000 Taiwanese women left for Japan for work and wealth. Most of them settled in Shinjuku. The women worked over 20 years at bars to send money back home

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 27, 2003

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese, Japanese

Director

Michelle Chu,Yang Li-Chou

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt4222426