Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade in the late days of Geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portraits the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.
Writer: Sumie Tanaka
Director: Mikio Naruse
Screenplay: Toshirō Ide
Producer: Sanezumi Fujimoto
Director of Photography: Masao Tamai
Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
Otsuta
Katsuyo
Nanako
Someka
Ohama
Yoneko
Otoyo