Mikio NaruseCast
Haruko Sugimura 
Sadako Sawamura Chikako Hosokawa 
Yuko Mochizuki
Credits
Written by: 
Fumiko Hayashi
Plot
Four ageing former geisha deal with money, loneliness and old loves.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mikio Naruse's drama follows four ageing former geisha facing money worries, loneliness and old loves. Haruko Sugimura is superb in a sharp, unsentimental and bittersweet portrait of women growing old.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (1,336 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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