Flowing

Original title: 流れる

Duration: 117 min

Release date: 1956-11-20

IMDB

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 portraits the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.

Drama

流れる

Watch Providers

Criterion Channel

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as Rika Yamanaka / Oharu

Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Sumiko Kurishima

Sumiko Kurishima

Chieko Nakakita

Chieko Nakakita

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

as Namie's Uncle

as Saeki, Ohama's newphew

as Tsurumoto maid

Kichijirō Ueda

as Kanbutsuya Owner

as Patrol Officer

Senkichi Ōmura

as Byakuya, Chinese restaurant owner

Natsuko Matsumoto

Natsuko Matsumoto

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

as Kimono salesman

as Rickshaw man

Masayoshi Kawabe

Masayoshi Kawabe

as Kanbutsuya clerk

Umekichi Kiyomoto

Umekichi Kiyomoto

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Sanezumi Fujimoto

Sanezumi Fujimoto

Original Music Composer

Production Design

Takehiro Shimada

Takehiro Shimada

Production Manager

Masayoshi Kawanishi

Masayoshi Kawanishi

Assistant Director

Chôshichirô Mikami

Chôshichirô Mikami

Sound Recordist

Chōshirō Ishii

Director of Photography

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