Gion Bayashi - A Geisha

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In the post-war Gion district of Kyoto, the geisha Miyoharu agrees to apprentice the 16 year-old Eiko, whose mother was a former geisha who had just died. After a year of training they have to find a large sum of money before Eiko can debut. Miyoharu borrows the money from the tea-house owner, Okimi, who in turn obtains the money from the businessman Kusuda. Kusuda fancies Eiko himself and wants to give Miyoharu to Kanzaki in order to close a large business deal. However both geishas have minds of their own and, going against tradition, want to be able to say no to clients.

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Original TitleGion Bayashi - A Geisha
TitleGion Bayashi - A Geisha
Directed byKenji Mizoguchi
CountryJapan
Year1954
ScreenplayMatsutaro Kawaguchi, Yoshikata Yoda
Film EditingMitsuzo Miyata
SoundtrackIchiro Saito
CinematographyKazuo Miyagawa
SoundIwao Otani
CostumesYuko Kurosawa
Production DesignKazumi Koike, Takejirô Nakajima
ProductionHisakazu Tsuji
FormatsDVD
Runtime90 min.
LanguageJapanisch/d/f
CastMichiyo Kogure, Ayako Wakao, Seizaburo Kawazu, Saburo Date, Kyoko Hisamatsu, Sumao Ishihara, Kanae Kobayashi, Chieko Naniwa, Kanji Koshiba, Midori Komatsu

Credits

Original TitleGion Bayashi - A Geisha
TitleGion Bayashi - A Geisha
Directed byKenji Mizoguchi
CountryJapan
Year1954
ScreenplayMatsutaro Kawaguchi, Yoshikata Yoda
Film EditingMitsuzo Miyata
SoundtrackIchiro Saito
CinematographyKazuo Miyagawa
SoundIwao Otani
CostumesYuko Kurosawa
Production DesignKazumi Koike, Takejirô Nakajima
ProductionHisakazu Tsuji
FormatsDVD
Runtime90 min.
LanguageJapanisch/d/f
CastMichiyo Kogure, Ayako Wakao, Seizaburo Kawazu, Saburo Date, Kyoko Hisamatsu, Sumao Ishihara, Kanae Kobayashi, Chieko Naniwa, Kanji Koshiba, Midori Komatsu

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