Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Geisha parenting problems

Apart From You (1933)

Written and directed by Mikio Naruse this film stars Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Akio Isono and Sumiko Mizukubo. An ageing geisha has a son that is ashamed of her profession and is acting up, one of her younger colleagues try to help him understand.

The plot of this film is pretty average and one of so many from Japan about the sex trade that I have seen lately. You could see this film as a sequel to Every-Night Dreams (1933) but there is not a lot connecting there. There are a couple of moments of directorial flair but not enough to make the film stand out really.


3/5

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