Flowing (1956)

  • NR
  • 11/20/1956 (JP)
  • Drama
  • 1h 57m

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.

Sumie Tanaka

Writer

Mikio Naruse

Director

Toshirō Ide

Screenplay

Aya Koda

Novel

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka's headshot

Kinuyo Tanaka

Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
Isuzu Yamada's headshot

Isuzu Yamada

Otsuta
Hideko Takamine's headshot

Hideko Takamine

Katsuyo
Mariko Okada's headshot

Mariko Okada

Nanako
Haruko Sugimura's headshot

Haruko Sugimura

Someka
Sumiko Kurishima's headshot

Sumiko Kurishima

Ohama
Chieko Nakakita's headshot

Chieko Nakakita

Yoneko
Natsuko Kahara's headshot

Natsuko Kahara

Otoyo

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