Movie
Flowing
Released: November 20, 1956 (1956)
Runtime: 117 minutes
Genres: Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Sumiko Kurishima as Ohama
Age at release: 54
- Haruko Sugimura as Someka
Age at release: 47
- Kinuyo Tanaka as Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
Age at release: 46
- Daisuke Katō as Yoneko's Ex
Age at release: 45
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Namie's Uncle
Age at release: 43
- Isuzu Yamada as Otsuta
Age at release: 39
- Natsuko Kahara as Otoyo
Age at release: 35
- Hideko Takamine as Katsuyo
Age at release: 32
- Chieko Nakakita as Yoneko
Age at release: 30
- Mariko Okada as Nanako
Age at release: 23
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- Kichijirō Ueda as Kanbutsuya Owner
Age at release: 52
- Shin Tatsuoka as Muramatsu
Age at release: 51
- Nobuo Nakamura as Doctor
Age at release: 48
- Yutaka Sada as Rickshaw man
Age at release: 45
- Kumeko Otowa as Tsurumoto maid
Age at release: 41
Age at release: 41
- Fumindo Matsuo as Patrol Officer
Age at release: 40
- Senkichi Ōmura as Byakuya, Chinese restaurant owner
Age at release: 34
- Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as Kimono salesman
Age at release: 34
- Noboru Nakaya as Saeki, Ohama's newphew
Age at release: 27
- Chiyo Izumi as Namie
Age at release: Unknown
- Natsuko Matsumoto as Fujiko
Age at release: Unknown
Age at release: Unknown
- Masayoshi Kawabe as Kanbutsuya clerk
Age at release: Unknown
Age at release: Unknown
Age at release: Unknown
Age at release: Unknown