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Girls of the White Orchid (1983) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1983 · 96 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Jonathan Kaplan
- Starring
- MAKO, Jennifer Jason Leigh, James Saito, Jim Beaver, Eda Reiss Merin, John Hancock
Carol, a lonely Los Angeles waitress and aspiring singer, sees an ad for a job in Tokyo. She goes to Japan to work at the White Orchid nightclub, only to discover it is a Yakuza‑run prostitution racket. Stranded without money or passport, she gets protection from Shiro while the managers, Madame Mori and her husband Hatanaka, pressure her to serve clients.
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