The Shadow Daughter (1957)
Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreaks. After an unexpected pregnancy, she has an abortion and decides to start a new life away from the geisha world.
Director: Shūe Matsubayashi
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Kyōko Kagawa as Fusako |
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Isuzu Yamada as Okinu |
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Toki Shiozawa as Ayako |
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Keiko Ozawa as Osome |
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Eiko Miyoshi as Otsuta |
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Eijirō Tōno as Shigeo |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Motohashi |
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Hisaya Ito as Shinozaki |
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Nobuo Nakamura as Yamagishi |
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Kenji Sahara as Takano |
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Kaneko Iwasaki as Sachiko |
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Haruo Tanaka as Morita |
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Haruya Katō as Kentaro |
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Minoru Chiaki as Eri Kiku Owner |
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Chieko Nakakita as O-Ai |
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Kumeko Otowa as Okiku |
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Keiko Awaji as Masayo |
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Machiko Kitagawa as Ikuko |
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Setsuko Wakayama as Chiyoka |
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Sachio Sakai as Okamoto |
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Hiroya Morita as Yasukawa |
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Michiko Megumi as Toshiko |
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Sumiko Koizumi as Chie |
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Tamae Kiyokawa as Tsutanoya Owner |
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Tsuruko Umano as Wakame's Maid |
| Directing | Shūe Matsubayashi | Director |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Writer |
| Production | Ichiro Nagashima | Producer |
| Sound | Ichirō Saitō | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Akira Mimura | Director of Photography |
| Art | Motoji Kojima | Art Direction |
| Sound | Fumio Yanoguchi | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Shuichi Ihara | Editor |
| Directing | Akio Hirayama | Assistant Director |