Play It Cool (1970)
This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.
Director:
Yasuzō Masumura
Writers:
Yoshihiro Ishimatsu, Yasuzō Masumura.
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Mari Atsumi as Yumi |
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Yūsuke Kawazu as Nozawa |
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Kō Nishimura as Kada |
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Ryoichi Tamagawa as Yoshimura |
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Tomo'o Nagai as Takasaki |
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Sanae Nakahara as Madame |
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Tomoko Mayama as Kinuko |
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Akemi Negishi as Tomi |
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Yoshihiko Aoyama as Tajima |
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Sei Hiraizumi as Ishikawa |
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Gen Kimura as Kazama |
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Yūzō Hayakawa as Yamakawa |
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Tsutomu Nakata as Iwata |
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Kōichi Itō as Old man |
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Reiko Kasahara as Yuka |
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Junko Yashiro as Nobuko |
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Hiroko Kai as Woman B |
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Fumiko Murata as Middle-aged woman |
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Takashi Nakamura as Detective B |
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Kisao Tobita as Relative |
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Kenichi Tani as Customer |
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Jun Osanai as Detective A |
| Directing | Yasuzō Masumura | Director |
| Writing | Yoshihiro Ishimatsu | Screenplay |
| Writing | Masayuki Tōyama | Novel |
| Writing | Yasuzō Masumura | Screenplay |
| Camera | Setsuo Kobayashi | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Takeo Suda | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Nagaharu Watanabe | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Tomohisa Yano | Art Direction |
| Sound | Hikaru Hayashi | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Tatsuji Nakashizu | Editor |
