Michiyo Kogure, Ayako Wakao, Seizaburô Kawazu

A Geisha is a 1953 filmed adaptation of a novel by Matsutaro Kawaguchi. Directed by Japanese filmmaker Kenji Mizoguchi, the movie centers on two young geishas, Miyoharu (Michiyo Kogure) and her appren...( read more  read more... )tice Eiko (Ayako Wakao). Near the end of World War II, social attitudes toward females are beginning to shift in Japan, leading the young Eiko to question whether or not she really wants to become a geisha, a position she feels will lower her status within society. Seizaburo Kawazu co-stars as Kusuda, a wealthy businessman who lends the money for Eiko's training and takes a nonfinancial interest in her as well.

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Unrated, 85 min

Directed by: Kenji Mizoguchi

Release Date: August 12, 1953

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  • June 17, 2009
    a beautifully observed study of the lives of geisha in the changing world of postwar japan and what happens when they try to assert their independence

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