Drama
Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a loser. She thinks that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them. Omocha therefore tries various schemes to get rid of Furusawa, and set themselves up with better patrons.
Directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi
Written by
Kenji Mizoguchi, Yoshikata Yoda
Eitarō Shindō
Kudo
Isuzu Yamada
O-mocha
Taizō Fukami
Kimura
Yōko Umemura
Umekichi
Benkei Shiganoya
Shimbei Furusawa
Namiko Kawashima
Oemi Furusawa
Fumio Okura
Jurakudo
Sakurako Iwama
Omasa Kudô
Somenosuke Hayashiya
Sadakichi
Reiko Aoi
Umeryu
Shizuko Takizawa
Ochiyo
Mitsuzo Tachibana
Tachibana the driver
Gennyo Mimasu
Ohan Sadakichi
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