Action ·Crime ·Drama · Japan · 1970 · 1h 34m

Play It Cool

でんきくらげ

Director

Cast

Mari Atsumi as Yumi Yūsuke Kawazu as Nozawa Kō Nishimura as Kada Ryoichi Tamagawa as Yoshimura Tomo'o Nagai as Takasaki Sanae Nakahara as Madame

Crew

Setsuo Kobayashi — Director of Photography Tatsuji Nakashizu — Editor Hikaru Hayashi — Original Music Composer Yoshihiro Ishimatsu — Screenplay Yasuzō Masumura — Screenplay Masayuki Tōyama — Novel

Synopsis

This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Key Collaborators

Yasuzō Masumura Director Setsuo Kobayashi Director of Photography Tatsuji Nakashizu Editor Hikaru Hayashi Original Music Composer Yoshihiro Ishimatsu Screenplay Yasuzō Masumura Screenplay Masayuki Tōyama Novel

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