"Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate."
Nobuko Otowa
as Ginko
Sumiko Hidaka
as Somefuku
Isuzu Yamada
as Tamiko
Sō Yamamura
as Wakabayashi
Jūkichi Uno
as Ginzo
Akira Yamanouchi
as Kuramochi
Yōichi Numata
as Kurisu
Osamu Takizawa
as Ino
Ichirō Sugai
as Isogai
Masao Shimizu
as Nagase
Taiji Tonoyama
as Yamada
Zenpei Saga
as
Eitarō Shindō
Eijirō Yanagi
Yuriko Hanabusa
Sadako Sawamura
Kyōko Asagiri
Yumeko Aizome
Fusako Maki
Tanie Kitabayashi
Yumi Takano
Fukuko Sayo
Chikako Hosokawa
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Shinsuke Ashida
Shin Date
Asao Sano
Eiken Shoji
Taketoshi Naitō
Tatsuo Matsushita
Yoshio Ōmori
Fumio Ōmachi
Michio Hino
Yoshiko Sakurai
Miwa Saitō
Tomoko Naraoka
Sumie Sasaki
Fumiko Shimada
Kaneto Shindō
Director
Screenplay
Shūsei Tokuda
Novel
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Producer
Hisao Itoya
Setsuo Noto
Tengo Yamada
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Takashi Marumo
Art Direction
Dai Arakawa
Set Decoration
Ichirō Katō
Sound Recordist
Zenju Imaizumi
Editor
Takeo Itō
Director of Photography