Nagareru
Mikio Naruse / JP, 1956 / 117 min.
The film is also known as A House of Geisha and by its original title Nagareru.©1956 Toho Co., Ltd.
A Geisha house is struggling with financial problems and relies on outside protection and money to survive. As in many of his films, Naruse depicts the bleak reality of poverty. An important role is also reserved for the design and the architecture of the film, with the superb cast appearing to be an integral part of the house”s public and private spaces.
Naruse shows the plight of these women from various perspectives. Unable to escape from the routine of hard work, their life is like the river we see when the film opens: beneath the calm surface there is a wild current that never stops.
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Director
Mikio Naruse
Production year
1956
Country
JP
Original title
Nagareru
Length
117 min.
Subtitles
ENG
Format
35mm
Part of
Mikio Naruse
With a programme of fourteen of his most distinctive films, Eye Filmmuseum demonstrates that Mikio Naruse ranks among the great of Japanese cinema. Naruse was fascinated by the lives of ordinary Japanese men and women, whose stories he narrated in compelling and sober films. His immersive films take us behind the scenes of disciplined families and geisha culture. Naruse mainly highlighted the plight of women: independent, courageous and strong-willed, but ill-fated.
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