90 minutos
Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her dancing begins training with the Onnagata Kikugoro VI as a dancer. She leaves her geisha life to pursue this new path, but falls in love with a naval officer who is the younger brother of Kikugoro and who saves her from a stalker monk. Kikugoro hears of this and becomes enraged. The naval officer dies in the Second Sino-Japanese War, causing the lead to go back home to her mother where she meets, and falls in love with, a poet who resembles her now-deceased fiancé. This poet leaves her in order to force her to dedicate her entire life to dancing, which he sees as her true pursuit.
花柳寿美
春日野八千代
Ichirō Ryūzaki
高島達之助
Ichirō Ryūzaki
山村耕一
Shōtarō Hanayagi
六代目菊五郎
Shizue Natsukawa
菊五郎夫人
Ryuji Kita
小山内薫
Roppa Furukawa
山吹周吉
Ichirō Izawa
山田蕉風
Keiko Orihara
妹由起子
Kichijirō Ueda
鬼酔和尚
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
おたけ
Chōko Iida
おしん
Mitsue Tachibana
君太郎
Reikichi Kawamura
足袋銀
Toyo Takahashi
おつた
Sanemon Suzuki
桜川線考