情艶一代女

情艶一代女 (1951)

Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her dancing begins training with the Onnagata Kikugoro VI as a dancer. She leaves her geisha life to pursue this new path, but falls in love with a naval officer who is the younger brother of Kikugoro and who saves her from a stalker monk. Kikugoro hears of this and becomes enraged. The naval officer dies in the Second Sino-Japanese War, causing the lead to go back home to her mother where she meets, and falls in love with, a poet who resembles her now-deceased fiancé. This poet leaves her in order to force her to dedicate her entire life to dancing, which he sees as her true pursuit.

Director: Hiromasa Nomura

Casts

	花柳寿美 as 春日野八千代
	Ichirō Ryūzaki as 高島達之助
	Ichirō Ryūzaki as 山村耕一
	Shōtarō Hanayagi as 六代目菊五郎
	Shizue Natsukawa as 菊五郎夫人
	Ryuji Kita as 小山内薫
	Roppa Furukawa as 山吹周吉
	Ichirō Izawa as 山田蕉風
	Keiko Orihara as 妹由起子
	Kichijirō Ueda as 鬼酔和尚
	Mitsuko Yoshikawa as おたけ
	Chōko Iida as おしん
	Mitsue Tachibana as 君太郎
	Reikichi Kawamura as 足袋銀
	Toyo Takahashi as おつた
	Sanemon Suzuki as 桜川線考

Crew