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Flowing is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Mikio Naruse with Isuzu Yamada
Flowing (1956)
Nagareru
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Add to a movie listFlowing (流れる, Nagareru) is a 1956 Japanese film directed by Mikio Naruse. The black-and-white drama starred Kinuyo Tanaka, Isuzu Yamada, Hideko Takamine, Mariko Okada, Haruko Sugimura, Sumiko Kurishima, Chieko Nakakita, Natsuko Kahara, Seiji Miyaguchi, Daisuke Katō, Nobuo Nakamura, Kumeko Otowa and others.
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Le déclin de la maison de geishas de Tsutayako (Otsuta) à Tokyo : les filles s'en vont, les dettes s'accumulent... Envoyée par une agence de placement, Rika, qui a perdu mari et fille, parvient pourtant à y être embauchée comme bonne. Dévouée, discrète et polie, Rika, appelée désormais Oharu, gagne l'estime et l'affection des habitantes de la maison. Mais le bonheur d'une soirée musicale fêtant la réconciliation de Otsuta et de Someka, une des employées mécontentes, n'est qu'illusion. L'avenir de la maison tenue par Otsuta est, en réalité, compromise car Ohama, une de ses anciennes amies, aujourd'hui enrichie, acquiert la propriété des lieux et projette de transformer l'endroit en restaurant. Par fidélité à Otsuta, Rika/Oharu décline l'offre de travailler dans le futur établissement d'Ohama.Actors
Isuzu Yamada
(Otsuta)
Kinuyo Tanaka
(Rika Yamanaka / Oharu)
Hideko Takamine
(Katsuyo)
Mariko Okada
(Nanako)
Haruko Sugimura
(Someka)
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