Flowing (1956)
Original title: 流れる
Flowing is a 1956 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Mikio Naruse, with a running time of 1h 57m. It stars Kinuyo Tanaka, Isuzu Yamada and Hideko Takamine.
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.
Where to watch Flowing
Stream: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Kinuyo Tanaka as Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
- Isuzu Yamada as Otsuta
- Hideko Takamine as Katsuyo
- Mariko Okada as Nanako
- Haruko Sugimura as Someka
- Sumiko Kurishima as Ohama
- Chieko Nakakita as Yoneko
- Natsuko Kahara as Otoyo
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Namie's Uncle
- Daisuke Katō as Yoneko's Ex
- Nobuo Nakamura as Doctor
- Noboru Nakaya as Saeki, Ohama's newphew