Marital Relations
7.2
Ryukichi, the pampered heir to a cosmetics wholesaler, abandons his wife and child to pursue a scandalous affair with a famous geisha named Choko. This betrayal leads his father to disown him, leaving the unskilled Ryukichi with no way to earn a living. To keep them afloat, Choko is forced to continue working as a geisha while secretly scraping together a nest egg to start their own business. However, Ryukichi remains trapped in his hedonistic lifestyle, eventually squandering Choko’s hard-earned savings on his own self-indulgence.
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Cast
27 people
Hisaya Morishige
Ryukichi
Known for
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Chikage Awashima
Choko
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Yōko Tsukasa
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Haruo Tanaka
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Chikamatsu Monogatari
Eiko Miyoshi
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Stray Dog
Throne of Blood
Yoshiko Morikawa
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Isao Yamagata
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Samurai Rebellion
Kichijirō Ueda
Known for
Rashomon
Throne of Blood
Sonosuke Sawamura
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Godzilla Raids Again
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Akira Tani
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Noriko Honma
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Ikio Sawamura
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Yojimbo
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Shirō Toyoda Director · Toshio Yasumi Screenplay Sakunosuke Oda Author
First release September 13, 1955 · Produced in Japan · Original title 夫婦善哉
Production
TOHO
Production
Japan
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Original title
夫婦善哉
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 13, 1955
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