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The Geisha

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Original title

Yokiro (The Geisha)

Year

1983

Running time

144 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Hideo Gosha

Screenwriter

Kôji Takada. Novel: Tomiko Miyao

Cast

Music

Masaru Satô

Cinematography

Fujio Morita

Producer

Toei

Genre

Drama | 1930s. Yakuza & Triad

Synopsis

1933. 20 years before, Katsuzo was in love with a geisha who gave him a daughter. They tried to run away together but they were caught and the woman was killed under his eyes. Now he is a zegen aka a pimp who sells girls to the Yokiro, the biggest geisha house in Southern Japan, run by Osode who used to be his mistress. His daughter who was raised by the Geisha House is now a Great Geisha under the name Momowaka. And his girlfriend, Tamako, wants to become a geisha. Momowaka falls in love, one of Osaka's yakuza clans wants to take control of the Yokiro.

Awards: 1984: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: 9 awards. 12 nominations

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The Geisha

1983

Hideo Gosha

7.4

(29)