Flowing (1956)

7.2/10 117 min Drama

Overview

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 portraits the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

Rika Yamanaka / Oharu

Isuzu Yamada

Otsuta

Hideko Takamine

Katsuyo

Mariko Okada

Nanako

Haruko Sugimura

Someka

Sumiko Kurishima

Ohama

Chieko Nakakita

Yoneko

Natsuko Kahara

Otoyo

Seiji Miyaguchi

Namie's Uncle

Daisuke Katō

Yoneko's Ex

Nobuo Nakamura

Doctor

Noboru Nakaya

Saeki, Ohama's newphew

Kumeko Otowa

Tsurumoto maid

Yoshie Minami

Kichijirō Ueda

Kanbutsuya Owner

Senkichi Ōmura

Byakuya, Chinese restaurant owner

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