情艶一代女 - 1951

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.

90min
1951
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10

Cast

Ichirō Ryūzaki profile pictureIchirō Ryūzaki高島達之助
Ichirō Ryūzaki profile pictureIchirō Ryūzaki山村耕一
Shizue Natsukawa profile pictureShizue Natsukawa菊五郎夫人
Ryuji Kita profile pictureRyuji Kita小山内薫
Roppa Furukawa profile pictureRoppa Furukawa山吹周吉
Ichirō Izawa profile pictureIchirō Izawa山田蕉風
Keiko Orihara profile pictureKeiko Orihara妹由起子
Kichijirô Ueda profile pictureKichijirô Ueda鬼酔和尚
Chōko Iida profile pictureChōko Iidaおしん

About 情艶一代女

情艶一代女 Overview

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.

Runtime: 90min

Extra details

Original Title: 情艶一代女
Original Language: Japanese
Directed By: Hiromasa Nomura
Production Companies
Toho