artistically speak and this be a beautiful movie the cinematography and music and costume be gorgeous . in fact and this movie be pretty than those direct by akira kurasawa himself . in this case and he only write the movie a it be make several year after his death . so and as far a the writing go and the dialog be well write and the story and at time and be interest . however and the story be also rather depress yet uninvolving in some way after all and it the story of a group of woman who work in a brothel . it interest that although prostitution have be see a a much more acceptable business in japan and the woman still long for a good life . this remind me a lot of the movie street of shame and though street of shame character be a lot less likable and more one dimensional . so and overall it get a 7 mostly due to everything but the writing . it too bad that the weak link in this movie be the story by the great kurasawa .