With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.
Length 101 minutes
Haruko Sugimura | Sadako Sawamura | Chikako Hosokawa | Yûko Mochizuki | Ken Uehara | Hiroshi Koizumi | Ineko Arima | Bontarô Miake | Daisuke Katô | Haruna Kaburagi | Yoshiko Tsubouchi | Yaeko Izumo | Tsuruko Mano | Toshiko Nakano | Takuzô Kumagai | Masayoshi Kawabe | Akira Tani | Sonosuke Sawamura