Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan, France
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
- japan
- pornography
- jealousy
- geisha
- brothel
- eroticism
- sake
- longing
- deceived wife
- based on true story
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Meika Seri — Matsuko (Yoshidaya Maid)
- Kanae Kobayashi — Old Geisha Kikuryû
- Taiji Tonoyama — Old Beggar
- Kyōji Kokonoe — Teacher Ômiya
- Naomi Shiraishi — Geisha Yaeji
- Shinkichi Noda — Street Restaurant Owner
- Komikichi Hori — Mitsuwa Geisha
- Kikuhei Matsunoya — Hôkan Jester
- Akiko Koyama — Mansaki Geisha
- Yuriko Azuma — Mitsuwa Geisha
- Rei Minami — Mitsuwa Geisha
- Directed
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Written
- Nagisa Ōshima
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 755 ratings
- Studio
- Argos films, Oshima Productions, Shibata Organisation
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
