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STREET OF SHAME STREET OF SHAME Italian photobusta medium OR search current auctions Auction History Result 2s766 STREET OF SHAME set of 2 Italian photobustas '59 Akasen Chitai, prostitute Machiko Kyo! Date Sold 10/28/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 2 Original 1959 (from the first release of this movie in Italy) Vintage Theatrical Folded Italian Photobusta Movie Posters (pbustas; measure 19" x 26 1/2" [48 x 67 cm]) (Learn More) Akasen Chitai (released in the U.S. in 1959 as "Street of Shame"), the classic 1956 Kenji Mizoguchi Japanese brothel prostitution melodrama (about five very different prostitutes who work in a legal brothel that may be about to be closed by the government, and each of the women considers the ways they can continue on without being prostitutes) starring Machiko Kyo (billed on U.S. posters as "Machiko Kyo star of 'Teahouse of the August Moon' and 'Gate of Hell'"), Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Kogure, and Kumeko Urabe. Note that this movie was made by Kenji Mizoguchi, who had earlier made the highly regarded "Ugetsu" and "Sansho the Baliff", and this movie also received very positive reviews and won some awards. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that these posters were folded at one time but have been laying flat for a long time and they will be sent rolled in a tube. Note that this item (and others we are auctioning in this set of auctions) come to us from the estate of Lee Sanders. Mr. Sanders was a nationally recognized projectionist, film poster collector, and union activist who passed away earlier this year, and the net proceeds from the sale of his varied and eclectic collection will be donated to promote film studies at the Besant School of Happy Valley in Ojai, Ca. Condition: good to very good. The first poster pictured has a snipe glued to the lower right and some paper remnants scattered along the upper edge. The other poster has a few tears around the edges of 2 1/2" or less, and each has some scuffs and creases scattered throughout but is otherwise in generally nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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