Movie: The Strange Tale of Oyuki

Top 10 Billed Cast

Yuki Sumida
墨田ユキ

Oyuki

Masahiko Tsugawa
津川雅彦

Kafu Nagai

Kazuyo Asari
浅利香津代

Masago's owner

Daijirō Harada
原田大二郎

Nagai

Haruko Sugimura
杉村春子

Kafu's Mother

Nobuko Otowa
乙羽信子

Masa

Jun Hamamura
浜村純

Chōichirō Kawarasaki
河原崎長一郎

Take-san

Jiro Kawarazaki
河原崎次郎

Yoshiko Miyazaki
宮崎美子

Ohisa

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    A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha named Oyuki. Meticulous and smartly dressed, Nagai patiently wrote in his diary his thoughts during many years. A melancholy reflection on the passage of time and a brilliant interpretive exercise.

  • Release Date

    1992-06-06

  • Average

    7.75

  • Rating:

    3.9 starts
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    日本語
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