Girls of the White Orchid (1983)

Set against the vibrant backdrop of Los Angeles, Carol Heath, a simple burger waitress with a voice that dreams of the stars, stumbles upon an alluring opportunity in a newspaper - a singing job in Tokyo. With a heart full of ambition and naivety, she falls into the cunning web spun by an American agent, Cavanaugh, and his Japanese counterpart, Shiro, signing a contract that catapults her into the glitzy yet treacherous world of the White Orchid night-club. Transported across the world to the city that never sleeps, Carol shares a hotel room with a dancer, her only companion in this foreign land. The dazzling lights of the club soon dim as she discovers its dark secret - a terrifying scheme of prostitution commanded by the ruthless Yakuza. Stripped of her passport and money, Carol finds herself isolated, dangling on the precipice of despair. However, hope flickers in the form of Shiro, who turns into her protector amidst this storm. But the storm intensifies as the club managers, Madame Mori and her husband Hatanaka, force Carol into a world of sexual servitude, pushing her to succumb to the lecherous proposals of clients. Meanwhile, as Carol battles her demons in Tokyo, her former lover in LA remains oblivious to her plight. As he embarks on a quest to find her, Carol's tale of ambition, deception, and survival unravels. 'Girls of the White Orchid' is a haunting narrative of a hopeful starlet's plunge into the underworld, inspired by the chilling true events in the life of actor Tom Allard. It's a tale of a dream turned nightmare, a song turned silent, in the twisted labyrinth of the Yakuza's grip.

Girls of the White Orchid is an action movie featuring Jennifer Jason Leigh and directed by Jonathan Kaplan.

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