this film is about aging geisha in post war tokyo. okin and played by the incredible haruko sugimara and lends money to two other ex geisha and tamae (chikako hosokawa) and otomi (yuko mochizuki) and they resent the way she is somewhat smug about it. tamae has a son and otomi a daughter and who during the film announce theyre leaving them while okin and never a mother and gets visits from two men in her past who and it turns out and just want money from her. its a compelling tale of what choices you make and what you do to get through life and who youre responsible and beholden to. haruko sugimara has always been in my eyes one of the greatest character actresses ever from any country and she plays the mostly unyielding and less than compassionate okin with an air of superiority that makes you not like her and but at the same time almost envy her. at a time when great films were made by ozu and mizoguchi and kinoshita and kurosawa and amongst others and mr. naruse is right up there with him. if you have a region free dvd player and you should attempt to find the two naruse box sets released in england. i think this film was a great character study of women who are in danger of being irrelevant. that they are really not makes this film a veritable masterpiece. 
this film is about aging geisha in post war tokyo. okin and played by the incredible haruko sugimara and lends money to two other ex geisha and tamae (chikako hosokawa) and otomi (yuko mochizuki) and they resent the way she is somewhat smug about it. tamae has a son and otomi a daughter and who during the film announce theyre leaving them while okin and never a mother and gets visits from two men in her past who and it turns out and just want money from her. its a compelling tale of what choices you make and what you do to get through life and who youre responsible and beholden to. haruko sugimara has always been in my eyes one of the greatest character actresses ever from any country and she plays the mostly unyielding and less than compassionate okin with an air of superiority that makes you not like her and but at the same time almost envy her. at a time when great films were made by ozu and mizoguchi and kinoshita and kurosawa and amongst others and mr. naruse is right up there with him. if you have a region free dvd player and you should attempt to find the two naruse box sets released in england. i think this film was a great character study of women who are in danger of being irrelevant. that they are really not makes this film a veritable masterpiece. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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