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Cast
Maki Miyamoto | As: Tokiko aka Omocha | |
Sumiko Fuji | As: Satoe | |
Mai Kitajima | As: Somemaru | |
Masahiko Tsugawa | As: Yoshikawa | |
Kaho Minami | As: Terucho |
Storyline
Set in the late 1950s, when geisha culture was threatened by moral crusades, it tells the story of Omocha (Miyamoto Maki), a young girl who sees the geisha life as a way to lift her poverty-stricken family from their hand-to-mouth existence. Through her eyes, we see the protocols and complex financial relationships which dictate the running of the geisha house. Fukasaku's film is a work of great delicacy with moments of hypnotic beauty, and his tender direction, often touched with a sense of wonder, fills the screen with lovingly constructed scenes. At its heart is the poignant situation of the women who must sacrifice their normal relationships to live an ambiguous life in which they are a key part of society while being kept, for the most part, on its periphery, like perpetual mistresses.
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Certification: | 18 |
Cast
Maki Miyamoto |
Tokiko aka Omocha |
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Sumiko Fuji |
Satoe |
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Mai Kitajima |
Somemaru |
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Masahiko Tsugawa |
Yoshikawa |
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Kaho Minami |
Terucho |
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Yumiko Nogawa |
Michiko |
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Mariko Okada |
Hanaman's owner |
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Takeshi Katō |
Kitayama |
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Noboru Mitani |
Mikami |
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Naomasa Musaka |
Kayama |
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Takashi Sasano |
Kosaka |
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Seizō Fukumoto |
Police detective |
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Ryoko Gi |
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Chinatsu Izumi |
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Yasuyo Matsumura |
Tokiko's mother |
Directed By
Kinji Fukasaku |
Director |
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Kenta Fukasaku |
Assistant Director |
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Writing Credits
Kaneto Shindō |
Screenplay |
Production Crew
Edited By
Koichi Sonoi |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Sound
Masamichi Amano |
Original Music Composer |
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Maiku Samata |
Sound Director |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Daisaku Kimura |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Art Department
Yoshinobu Nishioka |
Art Direction |
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Other Crew
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