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.
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Stars: 花柳寿美, Ichirō Ryūzaki, Ichirō Ryūzaki, Shōtarō Hanayagi, Shizue Natsukawa, Ryuji Kita
Crew: Yoshio Aida (Cinematography), Tsuruzô Nishikawa (Lighting Director), Hiromasa Nomura (Director), 北川恵笥 (Art Direction), 三上訓利 (Producer), Takio Niki (Music)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: TOHO
Runtime: 90 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 03, 1951
IMDb: 10
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