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A Geisha(Movie, 1953)

Original title: "祇園囃子" (Japanese/JA)
1h 25min | Genre: Drama
A GeishaRating: 3.8/5 (with 2020 votes)
A Geisha or Gion Festival Music (祇園囃子, Gion Bayashi) is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, centred on the geisha milieu in post-war Gion, Kyoto. It is based on a novel by Matsutarō Kawaguchi. ()
Movie poster of A Geisha

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About A Geisha

In the post-war Gion district of Kyoto, the geisha Miyoharu agrees to apprentice the 16 year-old Eiko, whose mother was a former geisha who had just died. After a year of training they have to find a large sum of money before Eiko can debut. Miyoharu borrows the money from the tea-house owner, Okimi, who in turn obtains the money from the businessman Kusuda. Kusuda fancies Eiko himself and wants to give Miyoharu to Kanzaki in order to close a large business deal. However both geishas have minds of their own and, going against tradition, want to be able to say no to clients.

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Gion bayashi (1953) ORIGINAL Trailer(Trailer, 3:26)

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Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Plays in: Japan
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 12 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 08/12/1953
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"A Música de Gion"
"Zwei Geishas"
"Los músicos de Gion"
"Les musiciens de Gion"
"Gion Festival Music"
"Gion bayashi"
"Гейша"
"Gion Bayashi"
Keywords: geisha, post war, biting

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:37842, Added: 03/10/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024