情艶一代女

Overview

Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her dancing begins training with the Onnagata Kikugoro VI as a dancer. She leaves her geisha life to pursue this new path, but falls in love with a naval officer who is the younger brother of Kikugoro and who saves her from a stalker monk. Kikugoro hears of this and becomes enraged. The naval officer dies in the Second Sino-Japanese War, causing the lead to go back home to her mother where she meets, and falls in love with, a poet who resembles her now-deceased fiancé. This poet leaves her in order to force her to dedicate her entire life to dancing, which he sees as her true pursuit.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 3, 1951

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Production

TOHO

Cast

Toyo Takahashi,Mitsuko Yoshikawa,Ichirō Ryūzaki,Chōko Iida,Mitsue Tachibana,Ryuji Kita,花柳寿美,Keiko Orihara,Reikichi Kawamura,Ichirō Izawaand 5 more

Director

Hiromasa Nomura

Writer

Kanji Kunieda

Producer

三上訓利

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt18233482