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| Tatsuya Fuji | ... | Kichizo Ishida | |
| Eiko Matsuda | ... | Sada Abe | |
| Aoi Nakajima | ... | Toku | |
| Yasuko Matsui | ... | Tagawa Inn Manager | |
| Meika Seri | ... | Matsuko (Yoshidaya maid) | |
| Kanae Kobayashi | ... | Old geisha Kikuryû | |
| Taiji Tonoyama | ... | Old Beggar | |
| Kyôji Kokonoe | ... | Teacher Ômiya | |
| Naomi Shiraishi | ... | Geisha Yaeji | |
| Komikichi Hori | ... | Mitsuwa Geisha | |
| Kikuhei Matsunoya | ... | Hôkan jester | |
| Akiko Koyama | ... | Mansaki Geisha | |
| Yuriko Azuma | ... | Mitsuwa Geisha | |
| Rei Minami | ... | Mitsuwa Geisha | |
| Machiko Aoki | ... | Mitsuwa maid | |
| Mariko Abe | ... | Kinu (Yoshidaya maid) | |
| Kyôko Okada | ... | Hangyoku (young Geisha) | |
| Kiyomi Yasuda | ... | Mitsuwa Geisha | |
| Hiroko Fuji | ... | O-Tsune (Yoshidaya head maid) | |
| Tômi Mitsuboshi | ... | Chieko (Yoshidaya maid) | |
| Katsue Tamiyama | ... | Fat Mansaki maid | |
| Hitomi Fukuhara | ... | Bullseye Umbrella Girl | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Hiroko Fujino | |||
| Kazune Tomiyama | |||
Directed by | |||
| Nagisa Ôshima | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Nagisa Ôshima | ||
Produced by | |||
| Anatole Dauman | .... | producer | |
| Kôji Wakamatsu | .... | executive producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Minoru Miki | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Hideo Itoh | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Patrick Sauvion | |||
| Keiichi Uraoka | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Shigemasa Toda | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Masahiro Katô | |||
| Shigemasa Toda | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Koji Takemura | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Susumu Iwabushi | .... | production manager | |
| Eiko Oshima | .... | production manager | |
| Katsue Tomiyama | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Yôichi Sai | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Hitoshi Nojiri | .... | property master | |
| Takashi Ueno | .... | property master | |
Sound Department | |||
| Tetsuo Yasuda | .... | sound recordist | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Terumi Hosoishi | .... | special effects | |
| Isao Nishimura | .... | special effects | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Kenichi Okamoto | .... | lighting technician | |
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It's clear that a lot of people can't get past the explicitness of this film, which is a shame. I recall a lot of embarrassed giggling last time I saw it at the cinema. The art/pornography debate seems futile to me - this is a film about an obsessive sexual relationship/love affair and it tells it like it is. But it's about as far away from the likes of "Debbie Does Dallas 26" as you can get. The film is clearly serious in intent and there is a lot of beauty in it.
The subtle political content/context of the film is often overlooked - some of the few scenes shot outside the bedroom show groups of soldiers marching the other way from the direction our characters travel - and we all know where the rising Japanese militarism and nationalism of the 1930's led.
I think the best comparison is probably with a film like "Last Tango in Paris" which dealt with similar themes in a similar way - and was also probably also pretty boring for those with a short attention span.