Play It Cool

1h 34m
ActionCrimeDrama
4

This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.

Cast

Mari Atsumi
Yumi
Yūsuke Kawazu
Nozawa
Kō Nishimura
Kada
Ryoichi Tamagawa
Yoshimura
Tomo'o Nagai
Takasaki
Sanae Nakahara
Madame
Tomoko Mayama
Kinuko
Akemi Negishi
Tomi
Yoshihiko Aoyama
Tajima
Sei Hiraizumi
Ishikawa
Gen Kimura
Kazama
Yūzō Hayakawa
Yamakawa
Tsutomu Nakata
Iwata
Kōichi Itō
Old man
Reiko Kasahara
Yuka
Junko Yashiro
Nobuko
Hiroko Kai
Woman B
Fumiko Murata
Middle-aged woman
Takashi Nakamura
Detective B
Kisao Tobita
Relative
Kenichi Tani
Customer
Jun Osanai
Detective A

Crew

Yasuzō Masumura
Director, Screenplay
Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
Screenplay
Masayuki Tōyama
Novel
Tatsuji Nakashizu
Editor
Setsuo Kobayashi
Director of Photography
Takeo Suda
Sound Recordist
Nagaharu Watanabe
Lighting Technician
Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer
Tomohisa Yano
Art Direction

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