Just for You (1970)
Yumi Ishikawa (Mari Atsumi) is nineteen and a popular geisha. Orphaned when a child, Yumi she was raised by Shizuko, the madame of a geisha house. Yumi is impulsive, out-going. And although she cannot claim to be good at Japanese dancing or playing musical instruments so necessary to a geisha, she is a whizz at go-go and will dance the hula at parties. But before becoming a full-fledged geisha, Yumi must go through the ceremony of the "mizuage", when a budding geisha surrenders her virginity to an experienced man who makes her a woman. Takida, a rich money-lender, is chosen for Yumi's mizuage but she offers herself first to Keiichi (Ryo Tamura), who she really loves although she knows that his world and hers are too far apart for a successful marriage.
Director:
Yoshio Inoue
Writers:
Yasuzō Masumura, Kanji Yasumoto.
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Mari Atsumi as Yumi Ishikawa |
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Keiko Takahashi as Setsuko |
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Eiko Yanami as Nakako |
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Ryo Tamura as Keiichi Tsumura |
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Masaya Takahashi as Matsuzaki |
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Toyoto Fukuda as Tetsuya Takita |
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Yoshi Katō as Takita |
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Tomoko Mayama as Kikuchiyo |
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Keiko Natsu as Hatsuko |
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Hisano Yamaoka as Shizuko |
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Takurou Nakayoshi as Sekizawa |
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Yutaka Nakamura as |
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Daigo Inoue as |
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Kenji Go as Manager |
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Tsutomu Nakata as Adachi |
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Misako Shimizu as Rikiya |
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Mitsuko Takesato as Hairdresser |
| Directing | Yoshio Inoue | Director |
| Writing | Yasuzō Masumura | Screenplay |
| Camera | Setsuo Kobayashi | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Kanji Yasumoto | Screenplay |