Synopsis
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade in the late days of geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portrays the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
34 audience votes
Key crew
- Mikio NaruseDirector
- Ichirō SaitōOriginal Music Composer
- Toshiro IdeScreenplay
- Sumie TanakaScreenplay
Cast
- Kinuyo TanakaRika Yamanaka / Oharu
- Isuzu YamadaOtsuta
- Hideko TakamineKatsuyo
- Mariko OkadaNanako
- Haruko SugimuraSomeka
- Sumiko KurishimaOhama
- Chieko NakakitaYoneko
- Natsuko KaharaOtoyo
- Seiji MiyaguchiNamie's Uncle
- Daisuke KatōYoneko's Ex
- Nobuo NakamuraDoctor
- Noboru NakayaSaeki, Ohama's newphew
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Themes
based on novel or bookwidowgeishahouseholdtokyo, japanmaidyoung womanjapanese womanmother and daughtershōwa era (1926-89)womenchange vs tradition