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.
Jennifer Jason Leigh Thomas Byrd Mako Carolyn Seymour Richard Narita Soon-Tek Oh Ann Jillian Yvonne McCord Philip Charles MacKenzie Leslie Wing John Hancock Lionel Decker Eda Reiss Merin Isabell O'Connor Keone Young Rodney Kageyama Dian Kobayashi Owen Orr James Saito Jenny DuBasso Jerry Loo Rob Narita Tom Allard Art Tizon Jerry Tondo Michael K. Woods Suzanne LaRusch Ernesto Hernández George Karatsu Hirotaka Ôkubo Kenny Endoso Bill Saito
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