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Mizoguchi's Greatest Decade
A Geisha
aka Gion Festival Music Gion Bayashi
Japan
| 1953 | Kenji Mizoguchi
In Mizoguchi’s reworking of his 1936 masterpiece Sisters of the Gion, an elderly geisha trains a self-centered young girl in the art of “entertaining,” while also trying to steer her clear of the profession’s more sordid realities. Cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa.
85 min. Imported 35mm print! Subtitles.
Special admission $10; members, CIA I.D. holders, and those age 25 & under $8; no passes, twofers, or radio winners. Photo © 1953 Kadokawa Pictures.
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