With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.
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Haruko Sugimura , Sadako Sawamura , Chikako Hosokawa , Yūko Mochizuki , Ken Uehara , Hiroshi Koizumi
Mikio Naruse
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