赤線

Akasen (赤線) was the Japanese slang term for districts historically engaged in the sex work industry in Japan, specifically within the time period of January

Street of Shame (赤線地帯, Akasen chitai, lit. "Red-light district") is a 1956 Japanese drama film and the last film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. The story

One of the many terms used for a red-light district in Japanese is akasen (赤線), literally meaning "red-line". Japanese police drew a red line on maps to

that of café (カフェ) or ryōtei (料亭), with the yūkaku being renamed as akasen (赤線, lit. "red line") districts. Following this, the Anti-Prostitution Law (売春防止法

system (including the RAA) in 1946, which led to the so-called red line (赤線, akasen) system, under which licensed nightlife establishments offered sexual