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The Shadow Daughter
Film / 1957

The Shadow Daughter

Directed by Shūe Matsubayashi
Drama

★ 8.0/10Audience rating

Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreaks. After an unexpected pregnancy, she has an abortion and decides to start a new life away from the geisha world.

The story

Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreaks. After an unexpected pregnancy, she has an abortion and decides to start a new life away from the geisha world.

Cast

Kyōko KagawaFusako Isuzu YamadaOkinu Toki ShiozawaAyako Keiko OzawaOsome Eiko MiyoshiOtsuta Eijirō TōnoShigeo Tatsuya NakadaiMotohashi Hisaya ItoShinozaki Nobuo NakamuraYamagishi Kenji SaharaTakano Kaneko IwasakiSachiko Haruo TanakaMorita
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Haruya KatōKentaro Minoru ChiakiEri Kiku Owner Chieko NakakitaO-Ai Kumeko OtowaOkiku Keiko AwajiMasayo Machiko KitagawaIkuko Setsuko WakayamaChiyoka Sachio SakaiOkamoto Hiroya MoritaYasukawa Michiko MegumiToshiko Sumiko KoizumiChie Tamae KiyokawaTsutanoya Owner Tsuruko UmanoWakame's Maid

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