In Blazing Love (1994)
An illustration of the tragic lives of geishas at a popular geisha house, Shinonomero. Shortly after being sold to a geisha house at age 5, Shizu is befriended by a fellow older geisha, Tsuru. After years of living and working together, Tsuru and Shizu manage to run the operations of Shinonomero as the proprietress and assistant. Despite vows to never to let their lovers come between them or Shinonomero, moments of weakness leave Tsuru and Shizu caught up in a web of betrayal and plunged into debt. With the guilt of losing Shinonomero to Udo, a yakuza who loaned them money, it is now up to young Shizu to redeem Tsuru’s honor and restore Shinonomero as their own.
Director:
Ikuo Sekimoto
Writer:
Hirō Matsuda
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Rino Katase as |
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Keiko Saitō as |
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Yoko Minamino as |
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Mari Torigoe as |
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Miyuki Nakano as |
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Mai Oikawa as |
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Aya Kokumai as |
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Misako Watanabe as Narrator (voice) |
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Hirotaro Honda as |
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Miyoko Akaza as |
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Kōji Shimizu as |
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Akira Nakao as |
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Tokuma Nishioka as |
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Masahiko Tsugawa as |
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Toru Kazama as |
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Kinsyu Wakayagi as |
| Directing | Ikuo Sekimoto | Director |
| Editing | Eifu Tamaki | Editor |
| Camera | Fujio Morita | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Tatsuo Honda | Producer |
| Production | Noriko Koyanagi | Producer |
| Writing | Hirō Matsuda | Screenplay |
| Sound | Yoshio Horiike | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Norimichi Igawa | Production Design |
| Lighting | Yoshiaki Masuda | Gaffer |
| Directing | 長岡鉦司 | Assistant Director |
| Directing | 森村幸子 | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Tetsuo Nogami | Still Photographer |