by Kawashima, Yūzō; Ide, Toshirō; Tomita, Tsuneo; Murai, Hiroshi; Inoue, Akira; Ikeno, Sei; Hasegawa, Mitsuo; Watanabe, Chōji; Nagano, Tatsuji; Yuasa, Noriaki; Wakao, Ayako; Yamamura, Sō; Fujimaki, Jun; Frankie, Sakai
Projected medium / 1961

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TitleOnna wa nido umareru A geisha's diary
Item typeProjected medium
Alternate title
  • A woman is born twice
  • Geisha's diary
Author(s)
  • Kawashima, Yūzō
  • Ide, Toshirō
  • Tomita, Tsuneo
  • Murai, Hiroshi
  • Inoue, Akira
  • Ikeno, Sei
  • Hasegawa, Mitsuo
  • Watanabe, Chōji
  • Nagano, Tatsuji
  • Yuasa, Noriaki
  • Wakao, Ayako
  • Yamamura, Sō
  • Fujimaki, Jun
  • Frankie, Sakai
ImprintJapan Daiei (Tōkyō), 1961
LanguageJapanese
URLLink to original record
Notes
  • Alternate English title: A woman is born twice.
  • Akiko Mikumo comments that "although there is little plot and the series of Koen's sexual affairs (she sleeps with five different men) are monotonous, Wakao gives a first- rate performance as a woman learning to see [both] herself [and] men as human beings, rather than just sexual beings. The positive portrayal of a geisha not as a woman hopelessly trapped in the world of prostitution (as in Mizoguchi's pre-war classic, The Gion Sisters) but as an individual with hope, feelings, and intelligence who in the end stands alone, comments on the changing social attitudes towards women in post-war Japan."
  • PFA 3500-01-3852. Restricted: Not for research use.
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.
  • Director of photography, Murai Hiroshi ; art director, Inoue Akira ; music composer, Ikeno Sei ; sound, Hasegawa Mitsuo ; lighting, Watanabe Chōji ; film editor, Nagano Tatsuji ; assistant director, Yuasa Noriaki.
Physical description6 reels of 6 (89 min.) : sd., Fujicolor ; 35 mm.

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Date text: 
1961
Author: 
Kawashima, YūzōIde, ToshirōTomita, TsuneoMurai, HiroshiInoue, AkiraIkeno, SeiHasegawa, MitsuoWatanabe, ChōjiNagano, TatsujiYuasa, NoriakiWakao, AyakoYamamura, SōFujimaki, JunFrankie, Sakai
Publisher: 
Daiei (Tōkyō)
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Millenium MARC Record: 
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