"Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, must face the selfishness and ambition of several petty people."
Michiyo Kogure
as Miyoharu
Ayako Wakao
as Eiko
Seizaburō Kawazu
as Kusuda
Eitarō Shindō
as Sawamoto
Ichirō Sugai
as Saeki
Kanji Koshiba
as Kanzaki
Sumao Ishihara
as Kokichi
Chieko Naniwa
as Okimi
Kikue Mōri
as Arts Teacher
Saburo Date
as Imanishi
Teruko Fuji
as Girl
Kyōko Hisamatsu
Tadashi Iwata
as Tomisaka
Kanae Kobayashi
as Hairdresser
Midori Komatsu
as Oume
Keiko Koyanagi
as Geisha
Kazuko Maeda
as Handmaiden
Ryusuke Maki
as Sakitani
Tokiko Mita
as Maiko
Teruko Ōmi
as Yae
Benkei Shiganoya
as Sukejiro
Kimiko Tachibana
as Kikuharu
Haruo Tanaka
as Ogawa
Nobuko Tanei
Noriko Ueda
Emiko Yanagi
as Kaname
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Ichirō Saitō
Original Music Composer
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Novel
Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Mitsuzō Miyata
Editor
Takejirō Nakajima
Set Decoration
Masanori Kobayashi
Makeup Artist
Tsuru Nakai
Hairstylist
Hisakazu Tsuji
Producer
Yoshikata Yoda
Screenplay
Iwao Ōtani
Sound
Kazumi Koike
Production Design
Ken'ichi Okamoto
Gaffer