Summary: After an attempted suicide attempt, Yukiko (Kuga) spends some time recovering at Kyoto with her mother, Hatsuko (Tanaka). However, their familial home is in fact a geisha house, and Hatsuko is the strong-willed Madame of this institute. Through this mother-daughter relationship, and the romantic entanglements that arise when both find themselves in love with Dr. Matoba (Otani), Mizoguchi explores generational conflicts and social mores whilst paying an effective tribute to the resilience of femininity in contemporary Japan.

AKA: The Woman in the Rumor

Genre: Drama

Country: Japan

Directed By: Kenji Mizoguchi

Written By: Yoshikata Yoda, Masashige Narusawa

Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitarô Shindô, Yoshiko Kuga, Tomoemon Otani, Chieko Naniwa, Michiko Ai

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