A Geisha

*Not to be confused with Gion Hayashi (1934) or A Geisha's Diary.*

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***A Geisha*** (祇園囃子, *Gion bayashi*) is a 1953 Japanese Melodrama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi and produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company, and based on a novel of the same name written by Matsutaro Kawaguchi. It was released in Japanese theaters on August 12, 1953.

Eiko seeks out Miyoharu, a geisha, and asks to be her apprentice. When she is ready to receive clients, both women want the right to refuse certain men.

## Plot

Eiko, a girl who has just lost her mother who was a geisha at Kamishichiken, visits the house shape [2] of Miyoharu [1], a geisha in Gion. Eiko's father has been a familiar customer of Miyoharu for a long time, but the business of the knitted wholesaler has fallen to zero, and he is not feeling well and spending small days. He tells the men [3] who visited as Miyoharu's messenger that he will not be the guarantor of Eiko. However, Miyoharu, who lost Eiko's enthusiasm, decided to train her.

After a year of Maiko training, Eiko was introduced as Miyo Sakae and was first seen by Kusuda, the managing director of a vehicle company, at a teahouse tatami room. Miyoharu is also favoured by Kanzaki, the chief of the government office, which is Kusuda's business partner.

Kusuda, who came to Tokyo with Miyoharu and Miyoei, also called Kanzaki in secret to Miyoharu and others. Miyoharu, who was asked to deal with Kanzaki at the inn where she was staying, faces Kanzaki while being puzzled. On the other hand, Miyo Sakae refuses Kusuda who is forcibly approaching and inflicts a serious injury. In this case, Miyo Haru and Miyo Sakae are stopped from entering and exiting the teahouse, and they will spend their days in a house shape.

After a while, you will be contacted to come to Kanzaki's tatami room. According to him, he will forgive the case of Sakae Miyo. Miyo Haru decides to go while being puzzled. Miyo Sakae who plays with Miyo Haru who returned to the house after dawn. After the hearts of two people from different generations and different ways of thinking collide, they are tied together with a stronger bond.

## Cast

* Michiyo Kogure : Haru Miyo (Geisha)
* Ayako Wakao : Eiko (Maiko / Miyo Sakae)
* Eitaro Shindo : Sawamoto (Eiko's father)
* Seizaburo Kawazu : Kusuda (Senior Managing Director of Vehicle Company)
* Ichiro Sugai : Saeki (Kusuda's subordinate)
* Haruo Tanaka : Ogawa (a familiar customer of Miyo Haru)
* Kanji Koshiba : Kanzaki (Chief of the government office)
* Chieko Naniwa : You (the landlady of the teahouse)
* Shiga Sagaya Benkei : Sukejiro (male people)
* Sumao Ishihara (石原須磨男): Kokichi (Men)
* Saburo Date : Imanishi (customer of teahouse)
* Kikue Mouri : Teacher of the Female Red Field
* Teruko Omi  : Yae
* Kimiko Tachibana : Kikuharu
* Tokiko Mita : Maiko

## Titles

* A Geisha (Japanese and worldwide title)
* Gion Festival Music (Worldwide title)
* Gion Music (Japanese title)
* The Music of Gion (Japanese title)

## Awards

* 1953 (4th) Blue Ribbon Award
	+ Supporting Actor Award (Eitaro Shindo)
	+ Supporting Actress Award (Chieko Naniwa)
* 1953 (27th) Kinema Junpo Best Ten 9th

## Reception

One of Mizoguchi's post-war films, *A Geisha* is a scathing account of the difficulties suffered by geisha and prostitutes in maintaining and balancing their dignity, livelihood, and personal rights.

*A Geisha* has been widely lauded by critics as a poignant, elegant work, sympathetically exploring controversial issues of rights and dignity for women with socially restricted claims to self-determination. *A Geisha* secured the 1954 Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor, awarded to Eitarō Shindō for his portrayal of Eiko's father, and for Best Supporting Actress, awarded to Chieko Naniwa for her role as Okimi.

*The New York Times* placed the film on its *Best 1000 Movies Ever* list.

## TV drama

To this work and the original TV drama is, 1963 March 21, and the same year on March 28, over two times, Nippon TV series "of Takeda Roman theater " ( Takeda Chemical Industries, one company provides . Thursday 20:45 --21: 30) It was broadcast. Produced by Yomiuri TV . Performers are Hizuru Takachiho , Kikuko Hojo , Shin Tokudaiji , Takashi Edashima , Masako Nakamura , and Jun Fujio.

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## References

This is a list of references for **A Geisha**. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

1. ↑ Mizoguchi Kenji: Artist Of The Floating World. Sight & Sound Magazine (April 2008). Archived from the original on May 30, 2008. Retrieved on July 12, 2008.
2. ↑ Time Out review Template:Webarchive of *Gion Bayashi*, accessed 12 July 2008
3. ↑ *Gion Bayashi* - Awards, *IMDb*, accessed 2008-07-12
4. ↑ The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made. *The New York Times* via Internet Archive. Published April 29, 2003. Retrieved June 12, 2008.

## External links

* A Geisha on Eiga.com
* A Geisha on IMDb
* A Geisha on Wikipedia
* A Geisha on JMDB