Girls of the White Orchid

Girls of the White Orchid

5.0IMDb Score
Released:1983-11-28
Duration:96 min
Director:Jonathan Kaplan
Actors:Jennifer Jason Leigh, Thomas Byrd, Mako, Carolyn Seymour, Richard Narita
Production:Hill/Mandelker Films, NBC

Overview:

In Los Angeles, naive and lonely waitress and aspirant singer Carol finds an advertisement for a job opportunity in Tokyo. Traveling to Japan to work at the White Orchid nightclub, she discovers the scheme of prostitution in the club that belongs to Yakuza. Alone, without money and her passport, she is protected by Shiro, but pressed by the managers Madame Mori and her husband Hatanaka to be receptive to client's proposals.

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