Music ·Comedy · Japan · 1961 · 1h 27m

The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado

ひばり民謡の旅シリーズ　べらんめぇ藝者佐渡へ行く

The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado poster
Director
Kunio Watanabe
Cast
Hibari Misora as Koharu Ken Takakura as Kenji Imai as Hitomi Nakahara as Isao Kimura as Michiko Hoshi as
Crew
Takashi Watanabe — Director of Photography Fumio Soda — Editor Masao Yoneyama — Original Music Composer Katsuya Susaki — Screenplay Kunio Watanabe — Screenplay
Synopsis

Koharu, a flamboyant geisha, unexpectedly wins a trip to Sado Island in a TV contest. She is accompanied by three people. Koharu had been dreaming of a handsome young man, but when she gets into the first-class car, she meets Tashiro, a pretentious young man with rimless glasses, Sugimura, who has a mean look in his eyes, and Ryuta, a young man she had a scuffle with in a boxing match the other day and hated. After countless misunderstandings, Koharu vows to defeat Tomoe-gumi's leader, Yamada's gang...

Key Collaborators
Kunio Watanabe Director Takashi Watanabe Director of Photography Fumio Soda Editor Masao Yoneyama Original Music Composer Katsuya Susaki Screenplay Kunio Watanabe Screenplay
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