The World of Geisha

The World of Geisha
The World of Geisha © 1973 Nikkatsu Corporation
  • Saturday, May 27, 16:00 Deutsches Filmmuseum
    (Tickets only available at the Deutsches Filmmuseum)
  • 四畳半襖の裏張り
    Yojohan fusuma no urabari
  • Japan 1973, 35mm, 72 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • Director & script: Tatsumi KUMASHIRO based on a novel by Kafu NAGAI
  • Camera: Shinsaku HIMEDA
  • Cast: Junko MIYASHITA, Eimei ESUMI, Hatsuo YAMAYA, Naomi OKA, Moeko EZAWA
  • Production & world sales: Nikkatsu
  • Film copy: Japan Foundation
  • With an introduction by Akihiko SHIOTA

Around the year 1918, during tumultuous times, several people spend their nights in a geisha house, seemingly unaffected by social unrest and political events. Transcending linear narratives, the film sheds light on the experiences of young geisha, whose lives do not differ much from those of ordinary prostitutes. Once more, Tatsumi KUMASHIRO uses such means as the crossing out of intertitles to call attention to the problem of censorship.

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