Play It Cool (1970)

  • NR
  • 05/01/1970 (JP)
  • Action, Crime, Drama
  • 1h 34m

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.

Yasuzō Masumura

Director, Screenplay

Yoshihiro Ishimatsu

Screenplay

Masayuki Tōyama

Novel

Cast

Mari Atsumi's headshot

Mari Atsumi

Yumi
Yūsuke Kawazu's headshot

Yūsuke Kawazu

Nozawa
Kō Nishimura's headshot

Kō Nishimura

Kada
Ryoichi Tamagawa's headshot

Ryoichi Tamagawa

Yoshimura
Tomo'o Nagai's headshot

Tomo'o Nagai

Takasaki
Sanae Nakahara's headshot

Sanae Nakahara

Madame
Tomoko Mayama's headshot

Tomoko Mayama

Kinuko
Akemi Negishi's headshot

Akemi Negishi

Tomi

Recommendations