Street of Shame 1956 Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyos Yoshiwara district As the Diet considers a ban on prostitution, the womens daily dramas play out Each has dreams and motivations Hanae is married, her husband unemployed they have a young child Yumeko, a widow, uses her earnings to raise and support her son, whos now old enough to work and care for her The aging Yorie has a man who wants to marry her Yasumi saves money diligently to pay her debt and get out she also has a suitor who wants to marry her, but she has other plans for him Mickey seems the most devil may care, until her father comes from Kobe to bring her news of her family and ask her to come home