Flowing (1956)
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.
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Cast
- Kinuyo Tanaka — Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
- Isuzu Yamada — Otsuta
- Hideko Takamine — Katsuyo
- Mariko Okada — Nanako
- Haruko Sugimura — Someka
- Sumiko Kurishima — Ohama
- Chieko Nakakita — Yoneko
- Natsuko Kahara — Otoyo
- Seiji Miyaguchi — Namie's Uncle
- Daisuke Katō — Yoneko's Ex
- Nobuo Nakamura — Doctor
- Noboru Nakaya — Saeki, Ohama's newphew
Where to watch Flowing
Criterion Channel
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