

Overview
Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded son and suffer the throes of his impossible love for beautiful geisha Hatsue.
Top Cast

Koji Tsuruta
Asajiro Kikuchi

Sumiko Fuji
Hatsue

Minoru Ōki

Masahiko Tsugawa
Haruo Emoto

Tōru Abe
Tatsuzo Karasawa

Shingo Yamashiro

Harumi Sone

Rinichi Yamamoto

Tatsuo Endō
Yoshiko Nakamura

Ryuko Mizukami
Kikue Mōri
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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