Release Date

15 Jan, 1999

Runtime

01:53: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

おもちゃ

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Actors

宮本真希

富司純子

喜多嶋舞

津川雅彦

南果歩

野川由美子

岡田茉莉子

加藤武

三谷昇

六平直政

笹野高史

福本清三

魏涼子

Chinatsu Izumi

Yasuyo Matsumura

Crew

深作欣二

深作健太

Koichi Sonoi

木村大作

天野正道

西岡善信

Maiku Samata

Kaneto Shindō