Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, must face the selfishness and ambition of several petty people.
Cast
Michiyo Kogure
Miyoharu
Ayako Wakao
Eiko
Seizaburō Kawazu
Kusuda
Eitarō Shindō
Sawamoto
Ichirō Sugai
Saeki
Kanji Koshiba
Kanzaki
Sumao Ishihara
Kokichi
Chieko Naniwa
Okimi
Kikue Mōri
Arts Teacher
Saburo Date
Imanishi
Teruko Fuji
Girl
Kyōko Hisamatsu
Girl
Tadashi Iwata
Tomisaka
Kanae Kobayashi
Hairdresser
Midori Komatsu
Oume
Keiko Koyanagi
Geisha
Kazuko Maeda
Handmaiden
Ryusuke Maki
Sakitani
Tokiko Mita
Maiko
Teruko Ōmi
Yae
Benkei Shiganoya
Sukejiro
Kimiko Tachibana
Kikuharu
Haruo Tanaka
Ogawa
Nobuko Tanei
Maiko
Noriko Ueda
Maiko
Emiko Yanagi
Kaname
Crew
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Yoshikata Yoda
Screenplay
Matsutarô Kawaguchi
Screenplay
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Novel
Mitsuzō Miyata
Editor
Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Mitsuo Hirotsu
Assistant Director
Hisakazu Tsuji
Producer
Kazumi Koike
Production Design
Tsuru Nakai
Hairstylist
Masanori Kobayashi
Makeup Artist
Iwao Ōtani
Sound
Ichirō Saitō
Original Music Composer
Takejirō Nakajima
Set Decoration
Ken'ichi Okamoto
Gaffer
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