★ 5.6
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★ 7.3
★ 6.8
★ 7.9
★ 7.7
★ 6.5
★ 2.3
★ 6.4
★ 6.7
★ 6.9
★ 7.1
★ 5.8
With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.