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It Is a Long Walk

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Original title

Nagasaki burabura bushi (Nagasaki Bura Bura)

Year

2000

Running time

115 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Yukio Fukamachi

Screenwriter

Shinichi Ichikawa. Novel: Rei Nakanishi

Cast

Music

Michiru Ôshima

Cinematography

Tatsuo Suzuki

Producer

Toei. Distributor: Toei

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

Though she was sold to a geisha house at a young age, Aihara (Yoshinaga) has since become a master samisen player and woman of great elegance. Though not especially rich, she doles out money to street kids, in particular, a pretty young flower vendor named Oyuki, who becomes Aihara's godchild of sorts. Yet when a geisha (Reiko Takashima) from a rival red-light district insults Aihara and her brethren, she fights back. Soon an all-out geisha war looms. Dapper businessman and amateur scholar Tojiro Koga (Tetsuya Watari) appears on the scene and defuses tempers -- suggesting that difference be settled through a competition of artistic abilities. Smitten with her talent and mature beauty, Koga invites Aihara to record Nagasaki folk songs before they disappear forever.

Awards: 2001: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: Best Actress. 9 nominations

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It Is a Long Walk

2000

Yukio Fukamachi