Overview
When a civil war threatens to break out, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. During the long journey, the socially inferior women prove to be morally superior to their betters.
Director and cast
- Kenji Mizoguchi Director
- Isuzu Yamada as Oyuki
- Komako Hara as Okin
- Daijiro Natsukawa as General Shingo Asakura
- Eiji Nakano as Kensuke Sadowara
- Kinue Utagawa as Ochie
- Yōko Umemura as Michiko Yokoi
- Bumon Kahara as Yoemon Kurachi
- Arata Shibata as Keishiro Yokoi
- Tōichirō Negishi as Sobee Gonda
- Shizuko Takizawa as Osei Gonda
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