Overview

Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her dancing begins training with the Onnagata Kikugoro VI as a dancer. She leaves her geisha life to pursue this new path, but falls in love with a naval officer who is the younger brother of Kikugoro and who saves her from a stalker monk. Kikugoro hears of this and becomes enraged. The naval officer dies in the Second Sino-Japanese War, causing the lead to go back home to her mother where she meets, and falls in love with, a poet who resembles her now-deceased fiancé. This poet leaves her in order to force her to dedicate her entire life to dancing, which he sees as her true pursuit.

Top Cast

花

花柳寿美

春日野八千代

Ichirō Ryūzaki

高島達之助

Ichirō Ryūzaki

山村耕一

Shōtarō Hanayagi

六代目菊五郎

Shizue Natsukawa

菊五郎夫人

R

Ryuji Kita

小山内薫

Roppa Furukawa

山吹周吉

Ichirō Izawa

山田蕉風

Keiko Orihara

妹由起子

Kichijirō Ueda

鬼酔和尚

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

おたけ

Chōko Iida

おしん