銀座化粧 (1951)

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Italy is usually cited as the anchor of the neo-realist movement in cinema, but Mikio Naruse's Ginza Cosmetics (1951) is a reminder that Japan had its own output equally rooted in realism. Set in Tokyo's Ginza district, this low-key, lyrical unassuming account of a few days in the life of a luckless geisha (Kinuyo Tanaka), as she struggles to make a living for herself and her young son, has few dramatic highs or artificial moments, but possesses a startlingly vivid power in its slice-of-life texture.

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Runtime: 86 mins Rating: 5.0

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

Yukiko Tsuji

Kyôko Kagawa

Kyôko

Haruo Tanaka

Gonroku Shirai

Eijirō Tōno

Hyôbei Sugano

Masao Mishima

Tasuzô Fujimura

Yoshio Kosugi

Eijirô Kasai

Eijirô Yanagi

Seikichi Kineya

Kiyoko Tsuji

Sachiko - madame

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Crew

Teruo Ishii

Assistant Director

Mikio Naruse

Director

Seiichi Suzuki

Original Music Composer

Masakazu Kamiya

Sound

Akira Mimura

Director of Photography

Hidetoshi Kasama

Editor

Matsuo Kishi

Screenplay

Tomoichirô Inoue

Novel

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