Play It Cool

Play It Cool

94 mins | Drama | May 1, 1970

This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.

Play It Cool

94 mins | Drama | May 1, 1970

Play It Cool
This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Original title でんきくらげ
Directors Yasuzō Masumura
Writers Masayuki Tôyama, Yoshihiro Ishimatsu, Yasuzō Masumura

Cast

Mari Atsumi

as Yumi

Yūsuke Kawazu

as Nozawa

Kō Nishimura

as Kada

Ryoichi Tamagawa

as Yoshimura

Tomo'o Nagai

as Takasaki

Sanae Nakahara

as Madame

Tomoko Mayama

as Kinuko

Akemi Negishi

as Tomi

Yoshihiko Aoyama

as Tajima

Sei Hiraizumi

as Ishikawa

Gen Kimura

as Kazama

Yûzô Hayakawa

as Yamakawa

Tsutomu Nakata

as Iwata

Kōichi Itō

as Old man

Reiko Kasahara

as Yuka

Junko Yashiro

as Nobuko

Hiroko Kai

as Woman B

Fumiko Murata

as Middle-aged woman

Takashi Nakamura

as Detective B

Kisao Tobita

as Relative

Kenichi Tani

as Customer

Jun Osanai

as Detective A