Flowing
Drama
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade in the late days of Geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portraits the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.
VIBE
A poignant look at a dying art form and the women bound to it. It's a quiet, character-driven drama that feels both intimate and elegiac, exploring the weight of tradition against the tide of progress.
melancholicwistfulsomberdramaticslow-burnperiod dramacharacter studyrealisticcinematictradition vs modernityfamily dutysocietal changefemale struggle
based on novel or bookgeishatokyojapanyoung woman
