Glorious Moment: A Woman's Scroll

Glorious Moment: A Woman's Scroll

68 mins | Drama | Jan. 8, 1972

Osono and Eisuke would like to get married but with her up to her neck in debt due to her late father's illness and him trying to raise the funds to start a business, they can't afford to do so. Osono agrees to work as a geisha and eventually is tricked into becoming a businessman's mistress, all because she wants to help her lover. The businessman, in turn, is actually only interested in training her so he can hand her over to a palace official in exchange for a trade agreement...

Glorious Moment: A Woman's Scroll

68 mins | Drama | Jan. 8, 1972

Glorious Moment: A Woman's Scroll
Osono and Eisuke would like to get married but with her up to her neck in debt due to her late father's illness and him trying to raise the funds to start a business, they can't afford to do so. Osono agrees to work as a geisha and eventually is tricked into becoming a businessman's mistress, all because she wants to help her lover. The businessman, in turn, is actually only interested in training her so he can hand her over to a palace official in exchange for a trade agreement...
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title 晴姿おんな絵巻
Directors Akihiko Yamaki, Isao Hayashi
Writers Masayasu Ōebara, Koji Matsumoto

Cast

Setsuko Ogawa

as Osono(おその)

Hiroshi Gojo

as Eisuke(英助)

Hiroyuki Mikawa

as Mondonoshô Okado(岡戸主水正)

Shuhei Yamamoto

as Minoya-kiuemon(美濃屋喜右衛門)

Keiko Maki

as Mamemaru(豆丸)

Sayuri Oka

as Orin(おりん)

Chieko Harada

as Geisha Girl(芸者)

Yoshie Kitsuda

as Geisha Girl(芸者)

Keisuke Yukioka

as Yasuke(弥助)

Kensuke Tamai

as Kimono shop Owner(呉服屋)

Kokan Katsura

as Hôkan(幣間)

Kenji Shimamura

as Ôminokami Fukatsu(深津近江守)