The Geisha House (1999)
1h 53m
Running Time
January 15, 1999Release Date
Plot.
Set in the late 1950s, when geisha culture was threatened by moral crusades, it tells the story of Omocha (Miyamoto Maki), a young girl who sees the geisha life as a way to lift her poverty-stricken family from their hand-to-mouth existence. Through her eyes, we see the protocols and complex financial relationships which dictate the running of the geisha house. Fukasaku's film is a work of great delicacy with moments of hypnotic beauty, and his tender direction, often touched with a sense of wonder, fills the screen with lovingly constructed scenes. At its heart is the poignant situation of the women who must sacrifice their normal relationships to live an ambiguous life in which they are a key part of society while being kept, for the most part, on its periphery, like perpetual mistresses.
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Cast & Crew.

Maki Miyamoto
Tokiko aka Omocha

Sumiko Fuji
Satoe

Mai Kitajima
Somemaru

Masahiko Tsugawa
Yoshikawa

Kaho Minami
Terucho

Yumiko Nogawa
Michiko

Mariko Okada
Hanaman's owner

Takeshi Katō
Kitayama

Noboru Mitani
Mikami

Naomasa Musaka
Kayama

Takashi Sasano
Kosaka

Seizō Fukumoto
Police detective

Takashi Kasuga
Producer

Noriko Koyanagi
Producer

Yasuyo Matsumura
Tokiko's mother

Kinji Fukasaku
Director

Izumi Toyoshima
Producer

Masamichi Amano
Original Music Composer

Daisaku Kimura
Director of Photography

Koichi Sonoi
Editor

Yoshinobu Nishioka
Art Direction

Kenta Fukasaku
Assistant Director

Maiku Samata
Sound Director

Kaneto Shindō
Screenplay

Ryoko Gi

Chinatsu Izumi
Media.





Details.
Release DateJanuary 15, 1999
Original Nameおもちゃ
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
geisha
Wiki.
The Geisha House (おもちゃ, Omocha) is a 1998 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
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