Flowing

Name: Flowing
Genre: Drama
Released: 1956-11-20
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 7.2

1h 57m Japanese

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Flowing

1h 57m Japanese

★ #33,068 Drama

#based on novel or book #widow #geisha #household #tokyo, japan #maid #young woman #japanese woman #mother and daughter #shōwa era (1926-89)#women #change vs tradition #money dispute #financial difficulties #tradition vs modernity

Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade in the late days of geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portrays the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.

Director Mikio Naruse

Screenplay Toshiro Ide Novel Aya Kōda Screenplay Sumie Tanaka