Just for You (1970)

Plot Summary

Yumi Ishikawa (Mari Atsumi) is nineteen and a popular geisha. Orphaned when a child, Yumi she was raised by Shizuko, the madame of a geisha house. Yumi is impulsive, out-going. And although she cannot claim to be good at Japanese dancing or playing musical instruments so necessary to a geisha, she is a whizz at go-go and will dance the hula at parties. But before becoming a full-fledged geisha, Yumi must go through the ceremony of the "mizuage", when a budding geisha surrenders her virginity to an experienced man who makes her a woman. Takida, a rich money-lender, is chosen for Yumi's mizuage but she offers herself first to Keiichi (Ryo Tamura), who she really loves although she knows that his world and hers are too far apart for a successful marriage.

Full Cast & Characters

Mari Atsumi

Yumi Ishikawa

Keiko Takahashi

Setsuko

Eiko Yanami

Nakako

Ryo Tamura

Keiichi Tsumura

Masaya Takahashi

Matsuzaki

Toyoto Fukuda

Tetsuya Takita

Yoshi Katō

Takita

Tomoko Mayama

Kikuchiyo

Keiko Natsu

Hatsuko

Hisano Yamaoka

Shizuko

Takurou Nakayoshi

Sekizawa

Yutaka Nakamura

Director & Crew

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