The Dancing Girl of Izu

Overview

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets there, including their youngest girl. The student finds the naïve girl attractive even though he eventually has to part with the family after spending memorable time together.

Directed by Heinosuke Gosho

Top cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

Kaoru, a dancer

Den Obinata

Mizuhara, a student

Tokuji Kobayashi

Eikichi, brother of Kaoru

Kinuko Wakamizu

Chiyoko, the wife

Takeshi Sakamoto

Hattori

Chōko Iida

Geisha

E

Eiko Takamatsu

Otatsu, the mother

S

Shizue Hyōdō

Yuriko, an emplyee

Jun Arai

Zenbei, master of 'Yukawarô'

Ryoichi Takeuchi

Ryûichi, the son

Reikichi Kawamura

Kubota, an engineer

Ryōtarō Mizushima

Tamura, a policeman

Hideo Takeda

Monk

Kikuko Hanaoka

Geisha

S

Shozaburo Abe

Customer at the spa

K

Kiyoshi Aono

Kisaku

O

Osamu Soga

Barber proprietor

H

Hiroshi Nagao

Blue-collar

J

Juku Matsumoto

Blue-collar

S

Shiro Katsuragi

Details