Play It Cool (1970)

5.0/10 94 min Action Crime Drama

Overview

This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.

Cast

Mari Atsumi

Yumi

Yūsuke Kawazu

Nozawa

Kō Nishimura

Kada

Ryoichi Tamagawa

Yoshimura

Tomo'o Nagai

Takasaki

Sanae Nakahara

Madame

Tomoko Mayama

Kinuko

Akemi Negishi

Tomi

Yoshihiko Aoyama

Tajima

Sei Hiraizumi

Ishikawa

Gen Kimura

Kazama

Yūzō Hayakawa

Yamakawa

Reiko Kasahara

Yuka

Junko Yashiro

Nobuko

Fumiko Murata

Middle-aged woman

Takashi Nakamura

Detective B

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