06 Dec 2005
Memoirs of a Geisha
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
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Kakunoshin Yanagida was a samurai, but he was forced out of the Han due to a false accusation. He then lived in poverty with his daughter Kinu. Despite being poor, he never gave up his pride and honor that he held as a samurai. Even when playing the board game Go, which is his hobby, he always plays in a fair manner. Because of a case, the truth behind the false accusation is revealed. Kakunoshin Yanagida is shaken and filled with rage. He decides to take revenge, even if it means he will be torn from his daughter.
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草彅剛 Kakunoshin Yanagida
清原果耶 Kinu
中川大志 Yakichi
奥野瑛太 Kajikisamon
音尾琢真 Tokujiro
市村正親 Chobee
斎藤工 Hyogo Shibata
小泉今日子 Okou
國村隼 Genbee Yorozuya
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