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Based on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the love of the proud geisha Nobukichi Hakata in the early Taisho era.
Cast
Machiko Kyō, Kiyoko Hirai, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Chieko Murata, Takashi Shimura, Reiko Shirai, Hideo Takamatsu, Sachiko Meguro, Fujio Harumoto, Sugisaku Aoyama
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