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Details
- Original title
- 流れる
- Years
- 1956
- Release date
- 1956-11-20
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 117 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.2/10 (34 votes)
Themes
- based on novel or book
- widow
- geisha
- household
- tokyo, japan
- maid
- young woman
- japanese woman
- mother and daughter
- shōwa era (1926-89)
- women
- change vs tradition
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Kinuyo Tanaka
as Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
Isuzu Yamada
as Otsuta
Hideko Takamine
as Katsuyo
Mariko Okada
as Nanako
Haruko Sugimura
as Someka
Sumiko Kurishima
as Ohama
Chieko Nakakita
as Yoneko
Natsuko Kahara
as Otoyo
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Namie's Uncle
Daisuke Katō
as Yoneko's Ex
Directed by Mikio Naruse