Overview
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.
Cast
- 花柳寿美 as 春日野八千代
- Ichirō Ryūzaki as 高島達之助
- Ichirō Ryūzaki as 山村耕一
- Shōtarō Hanayagi as 六代目菊五郎
- Shizue Natsukawa as 菊五郎夫人
- Ryuji Kita as 小山内薫
- Roppa Furukawa as 山吹周吉
- Ichirō Izawa as 山田蕉風
- Keiko Orihara as 妹由起子
- Kichijirō Ueda as 鬼酔和尚