Here we follow the travails of a geisha house, the four women who work there and the men who come into and pass out of their lives. Exceptional lighting, use of color and cinematography. Well-developed characters, one of whom falls in love with hard-luck men she services. She had a wide-eyed innocence and credulity that seemed unrealistic for a prostitute but her character and all the others who lived and worked there were likable and sympathetic. Even the madam and her swain.
Somewhat melodramatic toward the end although the staging of the catastrophic flood was very impressive. Nice use of the sea as backdrop, metaphor and cleansing agent.
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