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Nihon jokyo-den: kyokaku geisha
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Nihon jokyo-den: kyokaku geisha

Nihon jokyo-den: kyokaku geisha

1969
Crime
1h 39m
Late 60's period drama/romance film with some yakuza leanings. Junko Fuji is beautiful and graceful as Shinji, a Hakata geisha who is being pursued by a corrupt and evil coal mining baron, but ends up falling in love with an ex-yakuza (Ken Takakura) who owns a competing mine. Tensions rise between the rival mine owners with Shinji in the middle. (Summary by TheDenizen)

Directed by:

Kôsaku Yamashita

Screenwriter:

Tatsuo Nogami

Starring:

Ken Takakura, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Nobuo Kaneko, Sumiko Fuji, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Yukari Mishima

Genre:

Crime

AKAs:

Chivalrous Geisha, Samurai Geisha, Nihon jokyo den: kyokaku geisha

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese
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Nihon jokyo-den: kyokaku geisha

1969
Crime
1h 39m
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Rated 21 Aug 2011
70
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Has a nice slow build up, inevitably leading to a furious sword battle where Takakura takes on dozens of yakuza alone. This final fight is intercut with Fuji performing a Kabuki lion dance which makes a very cool effect. One of the thugs is played by a pre-Lone Wolf & Cub Tomisaburo Wakayama.
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Directed by:

Kôsaku Yamashita

Screenwriter:

Tatsuo Nogami

Starring:

Ken Takakura, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Nobuo Kaneko, Sumiko Fuji, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Yukari Mishima

Genre:

Crime

AKAs:

Chivalrous Geisha, Samurai Geisha, Nihon jokyo den: kyokaku geisha

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese
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