Flowing River
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MOVIE • 1956
Flowing
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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.
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Drama
Top Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka
Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
Isuzu Yamada
Otsuta
Hideko Takamine
Katsuyo
Mariko Okada
Nanako
Haruko Sugimura
Someka
Sumiko Kurishima
Ohama
Chieko Nakakita
Yoneko
Natsuko Kahara
Otoyo
Seiji Miyaguchi
Namie's Uncle
Daisuke Katō
Yoneko's Ex
Nobuo Nakamura
Doctor
Noboru Nakaya
Saeki, Ohama's newphew
Kumeko Otowa
Tsurumoto maid
Yoshie Minami
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Where to watch
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FilmStatus
Released
Release
November 20, 1956
Runtime
117 min
Language
Japanese
Origin
Japan
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
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