"When a civil war threatens to break out, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. During the long journey, the socially inferior women prove to be morally superior to their betters."
Isuzu Yamada
as Oyuki
Komako Hara
as Okin
Daijirō Natsukawa
as General Shingo Asakura
Eiji Nakano
as Kensuke Sadowara
Kinue Utagawa
as Ochie
Yōko Umemura
as Michiko Yokoi
Bumon Kahara
as Yoemon Kurachi
Arata Shibata
as Keishiro Yokoi
Tōichirō Negishi
as Sobee Gonda
Shizuko Takizawa
as Osei Gonda
Yoshisuke Koizumi
as Gisuke
Tadashi Torii
as Army colonel
Guy de Maupassant
Story
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Adaptation
Tatsunosuke Takashima
Writer
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Junichi Murota
Sound Recordist
Tôkichi Ishimoto
Editor
Minoru Miki
Director of Photography