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情艶一代女 (1951)

Directed by Hiromasa Nomura

Overview

Based on the serialized story “東京一代女” which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun.  A geisha known for her dancing begins training with the Onnagata Kikugoro VI as a dancer. She leaves her geisha life to pursue this new path, but falls in love with a naval officer who is the younger brother of Kikugoro and who saves her from a stalker monk. Kikugoro hears of this and becomes enraged. The naval officer dies in the Second Sino-Japanese War, causing the lead to go back home to her mother where she meets, and falls in love with, a poet who resembles her now-deceased fiancé. This poet leaves her in order to force her to dedicate her entire life to dancing, which he sees as her true pursuit.

Length 90 minutes

Actors

花柳寿美 | Ichirô Ryûzaki | Shôtarô Hanayagi | Shizue Natsukawa | Ryuji Kita | Roppa Furukawa | Ichirô Izawa | Keiko Orihara | Kichijirô Ueda | Mitsuko Yoshikawa | Chôko Iida | Mitsue Tachibana | Reikichi Kawamura | Toyo Takahashi | Sanemon Suzuki