情艶一代女

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

花柳寿美 春日野八千代

Ichirō Ryūzaki 高島達之助 Ichirō Ryūzaki 山村耕一 Shōtarō Hanayagi 六代目菊五郎 Shizue Natsukawa 菊五郎夫人 Ryuji Kita 小山内薫 Roppa Furukawa 山吹周吉 Ichirō Izawa 山田蕉風 Keiko Orihara 妹由起子 Kichijirō Ueda 鬼酔和尚 Mitsuko Yoshikawa おたけ Chōko Iida おしん

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