Kuniko Ashihara

  • Tamizo Ishida – Hana-tsumi nikki AKA Flower Picking Diary (1939)

    Tamizo Ishida1931-1940DramaJapanRomance

    Maya Grohn wrote:
    This film is based on the book Heaven and Maiko by Yoshiya Nobuko.

    It is a story of two girls with totally different family backgrounds. The family of Eiko was in the okiya business, which handled geiko (geisha), one of the highest rank okiya in Osaka. Eiko was attending the girls’ school, modeled after Wilmina Girls School (currently Osaka Jogakuin).

    One day a new girl, Sada Mitsuru moved to the school from Tokyo, Mitsuru’s father was a successful businessman and her mother a pious Christian.Read More »

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