Gion bayashi (1953)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.8/10   

Réalisateur:

Kenji Mizoguchi

Writers:

Matsutarô Kawaguchi (novel)
Matsutarô Kawaguchi (screenplay)
(suite)

Release Date:

11 juin 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Plot:

In the post-war Gion district of Kyoto, the geisha Miyoharu agrees to apprentice the 16 year-old Eiko...

Plot Keywords:

Rape Attempt | Post War | Biting | Generation Gap | Japan

Awards:

2 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

a very unsettling film--just as the writers intended

Ensemble

Michiyo Kogure	...	Miyoharu
Ayako Wakao	...	Eiko
Seizaburô Kawazu	...	Kusuda
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Saburo Date	...	Imanishi
Sumao Ishihara	...	Kokichi
Midori Komatsu	...	Oume
Kanji Koshiba	...	Kanzaki
Kikue Môri	...	Domestic arts teacher
Chieko Naniwa	...	Okimi
Eitarô Shindô	...	Sawamoto
Ichirô Sugai	...	Saeki
Haruo Tanaka	...	Ogawa
Emiko Yanagi	...	Kaname

Réalisé par
Kenji Mizoguchi

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Matsutarô Kawaguchi		novel
Matsutarô Kawaguchi		screenplay
Yoshikata Yoda		writer

Produit par
Hisakazu Tsuji	....	producer

Musique originale
Ichirô Saitô

Image
Kazuo Miyagawa

Création des décors
Kazumi Koike

Technicien du son
Iwao Otani	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Kenichi Okamoto	....	gaffer

Production Companies

• Daiei Studios

Distributors

• Eureka Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• New Yorker Films (1978) (USA) (subtitled)

Autre(s) titre(s) :

A Geisha
Gion Festival Music
Musiciens de Gion ou La fête à Gion, Les (France) [fr]

Durée:

85 min | Argentina:90 min

Pays:

Japan

Langue:

Japonais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Argentina:13

Company:

Daiei Studios

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Aru eiga-kantoku no shogai (1975)

a very unsettling film--just as the writers intended

This is the story of a woman who becomes a Geisha. She is never given any choice and she becomes a virtual slave to the system. In essence, its as if the was sold to the owner of the stable of Geishas. Then, after all her training and money spent making her the perfect host and performer, her "owner" expects the girl to pay her back by sleeping with her clients--whether or not she finds them repellent or not. The girl objects and is abused and threatened until she complies. A TOUGH movie to watch, indeed.

This movie is diametrically opposed to the documentaries I have seen about the lives of Geishas. They portray the women as entertainers and say they do NOT sleep with the clients--unless, of course, one agrees to do this on her own. This may be true now, but I know that this was not always the case--particularly with women the Japanese kidnapped from Korea and other parts to be "comfort women"--less "Geishas" with all their training but more glorified prostitutes.

A very unusual and interesting film that will also tug at your heartstrings for this poor girl.