"With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money."
Haruko Sugimura
as Kin
Sadako Sawamura
as Nobu
Chikako Hosokawa
as Tamae
Yūko Mochizuki
as Tomi
Ken Uehara
as Tabe
Hiroshi Koizumi
as Kiyoshi
Ineko Arima
as Sachiko
Bontarō Miake
as Seki
Daisuke Katō
as Itaya
Haruna Kaburagi
as
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Yaeko Izumo
Tsuruko Mano
Toshiko Nakano
Takuzō Kumagai
Masayoshi Kawabe
Akira Tani
Sonosuke Sawamura
as Sentaro
Sumie Tanaka
Adaptation
Mikio Naruse
Director
Satoru Chūko
Production Design
Teruo Maki
Production Manager
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Recordist
Masayoshi Kawanishi
Assistant Director
Eiji Ooi
Editor
Masao Tamai
Director of Photography
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Producer
Toshirō Ide
Ichirō Saitō
Original Music Composer
Chōshirō Ishii
Lighting Technician
Fumiko Hayashi
Original Story