The Geisha (1983)

- Original title
- 陽暉楼
- Directed by
- Hideo Gosha
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young woman becomes a geisha in pre-war Japan. The film follows her training and life in the geisha house.
melancholicslow-burnrestrainedelegiacsomberobservationalintimateatmospheric
What happens
The Geisha (Japanese: 陽暉楼, Hepburn: Yōkirō) is a 1983 Japanese period drama film directed by Hideo Gosha, with a screenplay written by Kōji Takada. It is based on the novel Yōkirō by Tomiko Miyao. The film was theatrically released on September 10, 1983, by Toei Company, in Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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