Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.
Cast
Nobuko Otowa
Ginko
Sumiko Hidaka
Somefuku
Isuzu Yamada
Tamiko
So Yamamura
Wakabayashi
Jūkichi Uno
Ginzo
Akira Yamanouchi
Kuramochi
Yōichi Numata
Kurisu
Osamu Takizawa
Ino
Ichirō Sugai
Isogai
Masao Shimizu
Nagase
Taiji Tonoyama
Yamada
Zenpei Saga
Unknown
Eitarō Shindō
Unknown
Eijirō Yanagi
Unknown
Yuriko Hanabusa
Unknown
Sadako Sawamura
Unknown
Kyōko Asagiri
Unknown
Yumeko Aizome
Unknown
Fusako Maki
Unknown
Tanie Kitabayashi
Unknown
Yumi Takano
Unknown
Fukuko Sayo
Unknown
Chikako Hosokawa
Unknown
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Unknown
Shinsuke Ashida
Unknown
Shin Date
Unknown
Asao Sano
Unknown
Eiken Shoji
Unknown
Taketoshi Naitō
Unknown
Tatsuo Matsushita
Unknown
Yoshio Ōmori
Unknown
Fumio Ōmachi
Unknown
Michio Hino
Unknown
Yoshiko Sakurai
Unknown
Miwa Saitō
Unknown
Tomoko Naraoka
Unknown
Sumie Sasaki
Unknown
Fumiko Shimada
Unknown
Crew
Kaneto Shindō
Director, Screenplay
Shūsei Tokuda
Novel
Zenju Imaizumi
Editor
Takeo Itō
Director of Photography
Hisao Itoya
Producer
Setsuo Noto
Producer
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Producer
Tengo Yamada
Producer
Ichiro Kato
Sound Recordist
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Dai Arakawa
Set Decoration
Takashi Marumo
Art Direction
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