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Fallen Blossoms
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Wikipedia article
is a 1938 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Tamizo Ishida and based on a play by Kaoru Morimoto. The films cast is made up exclusively of women without ever depicting a man on camera. Many of the actresses are from the Bungakuza theatre troupe. A print is preserved at the National Film Center of Japan.
Plot
The film is set entirely within a Kyoto geisha house and explores the lives and relationships of the women who work there, while battles rage in the city streets outside as rebel factions attempt to restore the emperor.
Cast
* Ranko Hanai (Okira)
* Reiko Minakami (Tanehachi)
* Rikie Sanjo (Tomi)
* Kimie Hayashi (Miyako)
* Rumi Ejima (Harue)
* Fujiko Naruse (Oshige)
* Chieko Ishii (Shimewaka)
* Ginko Ii (Okiyo)
* Ryoko Satomi (Michiyo)
Reception
The film historian Noel Burch called it "one of the most remarkable 'community portraits' ever filmed."
References
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