Flowing
7.5
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 portrays the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.
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Cast
27 people
Kinuyo Tanaka
Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
Ugetsu
Isuzu Yamada
Otsuta
Known for
Throne of Blood
Yojimbo
Hideko Takamine
Katsuyo
Known for
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Floating Clouds
Mariko Okada
Nanako
Known for
An Autumn Afternoon
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Haruko Sugimura
Someka
Known for
Tokyo Story
Late Spring
Sumiko Kurishima
Ohama
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Chieko Nakakita
Yoneko
Known for
Drunken Angel
One Wonderful Sunday
Natsuko Kahara
Otoyo
Known for
The Bad Sleep Well
Floating Weeds
Seiji Miyaguchi
Namie's Uncle
Known for
Seven Samurai
Shōgun
Daisuke Katō
Yoneko's Ex
Known for
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Nobuo Nakamura
Doctor
Known for
Tokyo Story
High and Low
Noboru Nakaya
Saeki, Ohama's newphew
Known for
Japanese Spiderman
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Mikio Naruse Director · Toshiro Ide Screenplay Sumie Tanaka Screenplay
First release November 20, 1956 · Produced in Japan · Original title 流れる
Production
TOHO
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
流れる
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 20, 1956
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
May 18, 2001 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Mikio Naruse (Moscow)
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