Flowing (1956)

Flowing (1956)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 1956-11-20 Japan 117 Min. PG-13
7.125 32 votes
Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka is Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
Isuzu Yamada is Otsuta
Otsuta
Hideko Takamine is Katsuyo
Katsuyo
Mariko Okada is Nanako
Nanako
Seiji Miyaguchi is Namie's Uncle
Namie's Uncle
Daisuke Katō is Yoneko's Ex
Yoneko's Ex
Noboru Nakaya is Saeki, Ohama's newphew
Saeki, Ohama's newphew
Kumeko Otowa is Tsurumoto maid
Tsurumoto maid
Shin Tatsuoka is Muramatsu
Muramatsu
Kichijirō Ueda is Kanbutsuya Owner
Kanbutsuya Owner
Fumindo Matsuo is Patrol Officer
Patrol Officer
Senkichi Ōmura is Byakuya, Chinese restaurant owner
Byakuya, Chinese restaurant owner
Chiyo Izumi is Namie
Namie
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi is Kimono salesman
Kimono salesman
Yutaka Sada is Rickshaw man
Rickshaw man
Masayoshi Kawabe is Kanbutsuya clerk
Kanbutsuya clerk