
Overview
Yumi Ishikawa (Mari Atsumi) is nineteen and a popular geisha. Orphaned when a child, Yumi she was raised by Shizuko, the madame of a geisha house. Yumi is impulsive, out-going. And although she cannot claim to be good at Japanese dancing or playing musical instruments so necessary to a geisha, she is a whizz at go-go and will dance the hula at parties. But before becoming a full-fledged geisha, Yumi must go through the ceremony of the "mizuage", when a budding geisha surrenders her virginity to an experienced man who makes her a woman. Takida, a rich money-lender, is chosen for Yumi's mizuage but she offers herself first to Keiichi (Ryo Tamura), who she really loves although she knows that his world and hers are too far apart for a successful marriage.
Actor | Age then | Age now | |
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![]() | 20 | 74 | |
![]() | 15 | 70 | |
![]() | 22 | January 14, 2017 (68) | |
![]() | 24 | 79 | |
![]() | 40 | January 16, 2014 (83) | |
36 | February 18, 1998 (64) | ||
![]() | 57 | March 1, 1988 (75) | |
![]() | 29 | 84 | |
27 | 82 | ||
![]() | 44 | February 15, 1999 (72) |