情艶一代女

The story

Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her dancing begins training with the Onnagata Kikugoro VI as a dancer. She leaves her geisha life to pursue this new path, but falls in love with a naval officer who is the younger brother of Kikugoro and who saves her from a stalker monk. Kikugoro hears of this and becomes enraged. The naval officer dies in the Second Sino-Japanese War, causing the lead to go back home to her mother where she meets, and falls in love with, a poet who resembles her now-deceased fiancé. This poet leaves her in order to force her to dedicate her entire life to dancing, which he sees as her true pursuit.

Cast

花 花柳寿美春日野八千代 I Ichirō Ryūzaki高島達之助 S Shōtarō Hanayagi六代目菊五郎 S Shizue Natsukawa菊五郎夫人 R Ryuji Kita小山内薫 R Roppa Furukawa山吹周吉 I Ichirō Izawa山田蕉風 K Keiko Orihara妹由起子 K Kichijirō Ueda鬼酔和尚 M Mitsuko Yoshikawaおたけ C Chōko Iidaおしん M Mitsue Tachibana君太郎

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