Movie
A Courtesan with Flowered Skin
Overview
Japan around 1860: popular courtesan Asagiri will be freed soon from her service, yet she cannot imagine any other existence. Until one day at a local festival, Asagiri meets the young artisan Hanjiro by chance – an encounter that changes her destiny. With a strong performance by leading actress Yumi ADACHI and exquisite camerawork and production design, A COURTESAN WITH FLOWERED SKIN succeeds in recalling the golden age of Japanese erotic film.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-11-08
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Toei Video Company, Shaiker, Toei Studios Kyoto, Shinchosha Company
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Yumi Adachi as Asagiri
- Yasushi Fuchikami as Hanjiro
- Ena Koshino as Yatsu
- Tomochika as Madam of a Brothel
- Saki Takaoka as Kirisato
- Kanji Tsuda as Toemon Yoshidaya
- Yoko Mitsuya as Eriya
- Hanako Takigawa as Ayane
- Ayano Tachibana as Wakayama
- Marie Kobayashi
Crew
- Keisuke Toyoshima - Director
- Yoshinobu Kamo - Screenplay
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