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Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiko Kuga, Eitaro Shindo, Tomoemon Otani, Chieko Naniwa

Like much of his work, Kenji Mizoguchi directs this film about an aging geisha in Kyoto's Shimabara district longing for something beyond her marginalized existence. Her aspirations for something high...( read more  read more... )er are ultimately dashed when she learns that her lover has fallen for her more socially acceptable pianist daughter. Veteran actress Kinuyo Tanaka delivers a powerful multilayered performance in this movie's central role. Though this film was produced in 1954, it was screened at the 1957 Venice Film Festival.

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Unrated, 83 min

Directed by: Kenji Mizoguchi

Release Date: June 20, 1954

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  • quichefolle
    September 15, 2008
    quichefolle
    Deux beaux portraits !
  • daghka
    April 11, 2008
    daghka
    I find it interesting the portrayal of a geisha, or prostitute if outside Japan, but still around Asia. A lot of times, they seem to be held in high esteem, being able to read, play instruments and appreciate and even compose poetry. The work they do requires them to have a value...( read more). It is lika any other job, but one with enormous power. True, eunuchs had lots of power too, with a great and hefty crucifix they bear for it too. In Mizoguchi's films, be it a whore or not, he always emphasizes the detest of the job, by showing the need for it and yet the desire for it to be gone. The final scene of this movie is testament to it, when all the new guests arrive and the idyllic daughter takes over and the lady moans at her fate. It never gives an answer, it doesn't even attack the customers, but it tries to tell us that there is a wrong, and in this film, I believe, that some truth is being displayed and Mizoguchi did this film, particulalrly, or it could be a misconception, to grasp the idea, never to understand, of how people do what they don't want and do what they want and feel ashamed of it.

    This is particularly seen in the relationship of the lead male and the two females, his conceit, his lies and yet, the strange display of the young girl and also the amazing sadness of the old woman. It is all evocative, though difficult to grasp in words.

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