Flowing (1956)
Overview
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade in the late days of Geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portraits the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 2.667 |
Directed By
Mikio Naruse
Crew
Toshirō Ide
Aya Koda
Sumie Tanaka
Mikio Naruse
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Ichirō Saitō
Eiji Ooi
Satoru Chûko
Takehiro Shimada
Masayoshi Kawanishi
Chôshichirô Mikami
Chōshirō Ishii
Masao Tamai
TOP CAST
Kinuyo Tanaka
Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
Isuzu Yamada
Otsuta
Hideko Takamine
Katsuyo
Mariko Okada
Nanako
Haruko Sugimura
Someka
Sumiko Kurishima
Ohama
Chieko Nakakita
Yoneko
Natsuko Kahara
Otoyo
Seiji Miyaguchi
Namie's Uncle
Daisuke Katō
Yoneko's Ex
Nobuo Nakamura
Doctor
Noboru Nakaya
Saeki, Ohama's newphew
Kumeko Otowa
Tsurumoto maid
Shin Tatsuoka
Muramatsu
Kichijirō Ueda
Kanbutsuya Owner
Fumindo Matsuo
Patrol Officer
Senkichi Ōmura
Byakuya, Chinese restaurant owner
Chiyo Izumi
Namie
Natsuko Matsumoto
Fujiko
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Kimono salesman
Yutaka Sada
Rickshaw man
Masayoshi Kawabe
Kanbutsuya clerk
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