Hot Springs Geisha

Hot Springs GeishaCast and Crew

Movie

Cast

M
Masumi Tachibana
as Chiyo
Y
Yōko Mihara
as Tomimaru
Y
Yukie Kagawa
as Tsutako
O
Oh Ranfan
as Umeko
M
Miyuki Takakura
as Yukiko
Y
Yuriko Mishima
as Hinayakko
K
Keiko Kojima
as Sumi
M
Mie Hanabusa
as Tamae
Y
Yuko Minakaze
as Kintaro
N
Noriko Tatsumi
as Tonbo
A
Ai Minose
as Kimicho
M
Mari Nagisa
as Utae
N
Nobuo Kaneko
as Shinagawa
T
Tōru Yuri
I
Ichiro Chagawa
Y
Yūji Nanto
G
Gannosuke Ashiya
as Kuroshima
S
Shôjirô Shimizu
K
Komimasa Tanaka
K
Kiyoshi Hitomi
K
Keishiro Kojima
as Subsection Chief
M
Michirō Minami
as Takeshi
K
Kyo Hanaki
S
Shigeru Satoi
K
Kichijirō Ueda
T
Teruo Yoshida

Crew

T
Teruo Ishii
Director
S
Sadaji Yoshida
Director of Photography
T
Teruo Ishii
Screenplay
K
Kōzō Uchida
Screenplay

Hot Springs Geisha Collection

Toei's film series about Hot Springs Geisha. Onsen geisha (温泉芸者) is the Japanese term geisha working in onsen (hot spring) resorts or towns, known for their traditions of performance and entertainment style, which differ significantly to geisha working in other areas of Japan. Historically, the term "onsen geisha" has held mostly negative connotations with sex work, and has come to be synonymous with "sex worker" for a number of reasons, despite sex work being made illegal in Japan in the 1950s. Despite connotations of low standards of performing arts, modern onsen geisha hold the same training in the arts as geisha from other regions of Japan.