A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mother and sisters Maiko and a college student.
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Cast
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Masahiko Tsugawa
Known for
The Boy and the Beast
Crazed Fruit
Hitomi Nozoe
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Floating Weeds
Ruriko Asaoka
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Goyokin
Shōji Yasui
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The Burmese Harp
Masao Shimizu
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Godzilla Raids Again
Sanjuro
Keiko Hara
Known for
Crazed Fruit
Shoichi Ozawa
Known for
The Pornographers
The Ballad of Narayama
Fukuko Sayo
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Akitsu Hot Springs
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Hisako Takihana
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The Long Darkness
Tokyo March
Hisano Yamaoka
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Nishi Ginza Station
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Shinichi Yanagisawa
Known for
The X from Outer Space
Makiko Aoi
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Flora on the Sand
I Hate But Love
Kiyoshi Horiike Director · Kaneto Shindō Screenplay Hisao Sawano Author
First release January 3, 1958 · Produced in Japan · Original title 禁じられた唇
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
禁じられた唇
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 3, 1958
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No release date listed for United States.
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