Four and A Half Mats
1966, Japanese. Directed by Masashige Narusawa.
Shino, a resilient young woman sold into prostitution must navigate the gritty realities of the red-light district to survive. Within the confines of her small 4½-mat room, she encounters a variety of men, using her wit and body to endure a system designed to exploit her.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Masashige NarusawaDirector
- Yoshiko MitaFukazawa Shino
- Shigeru TsuyuguchiTasukichi Oshima
- Takahiro TamuraTadashi Yoshioka
- Yumiko NogawaKimi Yoneyama
- Tatsuo EndōKikuzo Segawa
- Michiyo KogureTaneko Tachibana
- Eitarō ShindōYasuzō Fukazawa
- Eijirō TōnoUyu
- Yuriko MishimaMichiyo Andō
- Jiro OkazakiHideo Sugimura
- Kumeko UrabeRiku
- Minken KarasawaKumagai
Details
- Released
- 17 February 1966
- Original title
- 四畳半物語 娼婦しの
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Masashige Narusawa
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Four and A Half Mats runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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Four and A Half Mats isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 February 1966. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Four and A Half Mats?
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Who directed Four and A Half Mats?
Four and A Half Mats (1966) was directed by Masashige Narusawa and stars Yoshiko Mita, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Takahiro Tamura.