Rent Flowing (1956)
3.8 of 5 from 71 ratings
1h 57min
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- Synopsis:
- Directed in 1956, the year that prostitution was outlawed in Japan, 'Flowing' explores the inner workings of a changing world, as traditional geishas faced the impending decline of their hidden way of life and the looming spectre of prostitution. It depicts the story of a widow, Rika (Kinuyo Tanaka), who is forced to work for a living and becomes a maid in a struggling Tokyo geisha house where its proud mistress (Isuzu Yamada) tries to save the house from becoming either a restaurant or a brothel. It is through Rika that we are introduced to the various geishas, who drink and fight, worry over the lack of clients, and attempt to stave off imminent extinction.
- Actors:
- Kinuyo Tanaka, Isuzu Yamada, Hideko Takamine, Mariko Okada, Haruko Sugimura, Sumiko Kurishima, Chieko Nakakita, Natsuko Kahara, Seiji Miyaguchi, Daisuke Katô, Nobuo Nakamura, Kumeko Otowa, Hideko Ebata, Chiyo Izumi, Shigeo Katô, Masayoshi Kawabe, Umekichi Kiyomoto, Natsuko Matsumoto, Fumindo Matsuo, Yoshie Minami
- Directors:
- Mikio Naruse
- Producers:
- Sanezumi Fujimoto
- Writers:
- Toshirô Ide, Aya Kôda, Sumie Tanaka
- Aka:
- Nagareru / House of Geisha
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Masters of Cinema, Top Films
- Countries:
- Japan
