Play It Cool (1970)
Synopsis
This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.
Cast
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Mari Atsumi
as Yumi
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Yūsuke Kawazu
as Nozawa
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Kō Nishimura
as Kada
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Ryoichi Tamagawa
as Yoshimura
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Tomo'o Nagai
as Takasaki
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Sanae Nakahara
as Madame
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Tomoko Mayama
as Kinuko
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Akemi Negishi
as Tomi
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Yoshihiko Aoyama
as Tajima
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Sei Hiraizumi
as Ishikawa
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Gen Kimura
as Kazama
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Yūzō Hayakawa
as Yamakawa
- Tsutomu Nakata as Iwata
- Kōichi Itō as Old man
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Reiko Kasahara
as Yuka
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Junko Yashiro
as Nobuko
- Hiroko Kai as Woman B
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Fumiko Murata
as Middle-aged woman
Crew
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Yasuzō Masumura
Director
- Setsuo Kobayashi Director of Photography
- Tatsuji Nakashizu Editor
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Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer
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Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
Screenplay
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Yasuzō Masumura
Screenplay
