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Rating: 8 stars

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Japan kyoto geisha masters of cinema post-war

All movies seen on 11/17/2013

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A Geisha (1953)

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

Drama

Overview

Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, must face the selfishness and ambition of several petty people.

Length 85 minutes

Actors

Michiyo Kogure | Ayako Wakao | Seizaburô Kawazu | Eitarô Shindô | Ichirô Sugai | Kanji Koshiba | Sumao Ishihara | Chieko Naniwa | Kikue Môri | Saburo Date | Teruko Fuji | Kyôko Hisamatsu | Tadashi Iwata | Kanae Kobayashi | Midori Komatsu | Keiko Koyanagi | Kazuko Maeda | Ryusuke Maki | Tokiko Mita | Teruko Omi | Benkei Shiganoya | Kimiko Tachibana | Haruo Tanaka | Nobuko Tanei | Noriko Ueda | Emiko Yanagi

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Really nice to view a film that is uniquely Japanese. Being a woman and being a geisha is hard, yo. It’s really an indictment of that subculture that existed in Kyoto and Japan. But that’s the way it is and how life goes for those who chose that path. Exceptional film. Really brought back lots of memories from my visit to Kyoto and readings about the geisha lifestyle.

This was the first film I watched from my new Kenji Mizoguchi BD boxset. Really looking forward to digging into these.

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