Marital Relations (1955)
Ryukichi, the pampered heir to a cosmetics wholesaler, abandons his wife and child to pursue a scandalous affair with a famous geisha named Choko. This betrayal leads his father to disown him, leaving the unskilled Ryukichi with no way to earn a living. To keep them afloat, Choko is forced to continue working as a geisha while secretly scraping together a nest egg to start their own business. However, Ryukichi remains trapped in his hedonistic lifestyle, eventually squandering Choko’s hard-earned savings on his own self-indulgence.
Director:
Shirō Toyoda
Writer:
Toshio Yasumi
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Hisaya Morishige as Ryukichi |
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Chikage Awashima as Choko |
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Yōko Tsukasa as |
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Haruo Tanaka as |
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Eiko Miyoshi as |
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Yoshiko Morikawa as |
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Isao Yamagata as |
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Kichijirō Ueda as |
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Sonosuke Sawamura as |
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Akira Tani as |
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Noriko Honma as |
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Ikio Sawamura as |
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Shōichi Hirose as |
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Katsumi Tezuka as |
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Hideo Shibuya as |
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Senkichi Ōmura as |
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Chieko Naniwa as |
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Makoto Kobori as |
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Mineko Yorozuyo as |
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Chūzaburō Wakamiya as |
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Rikie Sanjō as |
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Fukami Harue as |
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Tateo Kawasaki as |
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Choji Oka as |
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Yaeko Izumo as |
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Yoshiko Miyata as |
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Shirō Tsuchiya as |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects |
| Directing | Shirō Toyoda | Director |
| Production | Ichirō Satō | Producer |
| Sound | Ikuma Dan | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Mitsuo Miura | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Kôichi Iwashita | Editor |
| Writing | Sakunosuke Oda | Novel |
| Art | Kisaku Ito | Production Design |
| Writing | Toshio Yasumi | Screenplay |
| Sound | Masao Fujiyoshi | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Junro Ishikawa | Lighting Technician |