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20 June 1954 (Japan)
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Hatsuko Umabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present day Kyoto. Her daughter Yukiko...
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Geisha
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Suicide Attempt
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Widow
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Prostitute
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Kyoto Japan
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(2 articles)
Late Mizoguchi (1951-1956) DVD Review
(From HeyUGuys. 7 February 2011, 3:00 AM, PST)
Japanese Master Kenji Mizoguchi Gets New Boxset Release
(From FilmShaft.com. 5 January 2011, 10:41 AM, PST)
(From HeyUGuys. 7 February 2011, 3:00 AM, PST)
Japanese Master Kenji Mizoguchi Gets New Boxset Release
(From FilmShaft.com. 5 January 2011, 10:41 AM, PST)
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Watchable melodrama
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Kinuyo Tanaka | ... | Hatsuko Mabuchi |
 | Tomoemon Otani | ... | Kenji Matoba |
| Yoshiko Kuga | ... | Yukiko Mabuchi |
| Eitarô Shindô | ... | Yasuichi Harada |
| Bontarô Miake | ... | Kobayashi |
| Chieko Naniwa | ... | Osaki |
| Haruo Tanaka | ... | Kawamoto |
| Hisao Toake | ... | Yamada |
| Michiko Ai | ... | Aioi Dayu |
| Sachiko Mine | ... | Chiyo |
| Kimiko Tachibana | ... | Usugumo Dayu |
| Teruyo Hasegawa | ... | Kisaragi Dayu |
| Teruko Daimi | ... | Onoue Dayu |
| Kan Ueda | ... | Takeshita |
| Saburô Date | ... | Nakauchi |
| Sumao Ishihara | ... | Store owner |
| Kotaro Kawada | ... | Takejiro |
| Keiko Koyanagi | ... | Bisha Dayu |
| Midori Komatsu | ... | Okanu |
| Kanae Kobayashi | ... | Oharu |
| Kyôko Hisamatsu | ... | Oume |
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| Teruko Kusugi | ... | Tamakoto Dayu (uncredited) |
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| Kenji Mizoguchi | |||
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| Masashige Narusawa | ||
| Yoshikata Yoda | ||
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| Toshirô Mayuzumi | |||
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| Kazuo Miyagawa | |||
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| Kanji Sugawara | |||
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| Hiroshi Mizutani | |||
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| Kenichi Okamoto | .... | gaffer | |
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- Eureka Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD)
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"Uwasa no onna" - Japan (original title)
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83 min
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Referenced in Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)See more »
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How does a middle-aged woman hold the attention of a handsome young man when her attractive and intelligent daughter captures his attention ? Can she fight back ? Is bribery an effective tactic ? An age-old story where three top-rank actors tend to overact, but are kept in check by master director Mizoguchi. And the intensity of the main story is nicely balanced by the little day-to-day dramas of running a bawdy house. The side-story of the geisha who collapses and becomes very ill, and the appearance of her younger sister who begs to take her place because of family poverty, is touching and well-handled.
I've seen several movies made around this time on theme of geisha houses lately, and although this is one of lesser among them, I would nevertheless recommend this movie. Tanaka Kinuyo and Kuga Yoshiko are two of Japan's great actresses of the 50s, and to see them slug it out over a weak and vain young man is something to behold.