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Flowing

19561h 57mNo ratings yet
  • Drama

Overview

Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade in the late days of geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portrays the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.

Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • japan
  • tokyo
  • widow
  • maid
  • young woman
  • geisha
  • women
  • japanese woman
  • mother and daughter
  • household
  • change vs tradition
  • shōwa era (1926-89)
  • tradition vs modernity
  • financial difficulties
  • money dispute
  • tokyo, japan

Details

Status
Released
Release date
November 20, 1956
Original language
Japanese
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
TOHO
Director
Mikio Naruse
Cinematography
Masao Tamai
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
Flowing (1956) | Kinocult