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The Geisha (1983)

The Geisha poster
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.

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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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