Drama · Japan · 1957 · 1h 53m

Geisha in the Old City

太夫さんより 女体は哀しく

Geisha in the Old City poster
Director
Hiroshi Inagaki
Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka as Oei Eitarō Ozawa as Zensuke Nobuko Otowa as Tamasode Keiko Awaji as Kimiko Haruo Tanaka as Yasukichi Akihiko Hirata as Sashichi
Crew
Kōzō Okazaki — Director of Photography Shiro Fukai — Original Music Composer Toshio Yasumi — Screenplay Hideji Hōjō — Novel
Synopsis

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and resilience.

Key Collaborators
Hiroshi Inagaki Director Kōzō Okazaki Director of Photography Shiro Fukai Original Music Composer Toshio Yasumi Screenplay Hideji Hōjō Novel
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