Battle of Roses (1950)

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Country: Japan
Genres: Drama
Release: 1950-10-28
Director: Mikio Naruse
Writers: Motosada Nishiki , Fumio Niwa
Language: Japanese
Stars: Kuniko Miyake , Setsuko Wakayama , Yôko Katsuragi , Koji Tsuruta , Tōru Abe , Mitsuo Nagata , Yôko Wakasugi , Shirō Ōsaka , Noriko Sengoku , Hanshiro Iwai
Runtime: 98 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Bara kassen , Battle of Roses (United States of America) , 薔薇合戦 (Japan) , Battle of Roses , Battle of Roses (United Kingdom) , La bataille de roses (France, French Republic)
Plot: In Japan, after the death of Mr. Masago, her wife Satomi Masago loses the family's company "Lily Cosmetic" to Mr. Mogy due to huge amount of debts relative to withdraws of money from the company made by her husband. Mogy blackmails Satomi's sister Hinako, asking her to marry him and he would not send Masago to jail, and Satomi wrongly understands that Hinako is dating her enemy Mogy. Satomi Masago founds the "Niagera Cosmetic" to compete with Lily and becomes a powerful executive. Hinako indeed likes Sonoike, former employee of Toyo Pictures and hired to work in Niagera, but Satomi plots the marriage of Hinako with her manager Tsuke Hinjatsu. Meanwhile, their young sister Chisuzu Satomi decides to live with the small time crook and pimp Ejima, from "Fashion & Films", being explored and abused by him. When Masago hires her lover Kojima to be the account of Niagera, she finds that Hinatsu is stealing the company with his mistress Yamashita. Hinatsu tries to kill Hinako and she loses her baby. Ejima publishes a book with the scandals of Masago, and her company bankrupts. In the end, the three sisters get rid off their mates and stay together.
IMDB:tt0042226