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Director
  
Mikio Naruse

Country
  
Japan

7/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Language
  
Japanese

Ginza Cosmetics movie poster

Release date
  
14 April 1951 (1951-04-14) (Japan)

Writer
  
Tomoichiro Inoue (novel), Matsuo Kishi (screenplay)

Ginza Cosmetics (銀座化粧, Ginza Keshō) is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Mikio Naruse. It follows the life of a quiet geisha, single mother of a young boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza. The film is based on a novel by Tomoichiro Igami and also on screenwriter Matsuo Kishi and director Mikio Naruse's personal knowledge of Tokyo's Ginza district.

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Plot

Yukiko Tsuji (Kinuyo Tanaka) is a gentle, affectionate take on a middle aged bar hostess, struggling to bring up a child alone and facing financial, sexual and end of career issues, as well as the implied disapproval of society.

Cast

  • Kinuyo Tanaka as Yukiko Tsuji
  • Ranko Hanai as Shizue Sayama
  • Kyōko Kagawa as Kyōko
  • Eijirō Yanagi as Seikichi Kineya
  • Eijirō Tōno as Hyōbei Sugano
  • Yoshihiro Nishikubo as Haruo

    • References

    Ginza Cosmetics Wikipedia
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    Ginza Cosmetics IMDb Ginza Cosmetics themoviedb.org