

Play It Cool
1970 Directed by Yasuzō MasumuraThis Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.
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Mari Atsumi
....................................................Yumi

Yūsuke Kawazu
....................................................Nozawa

Kō Nishimura
....................................................Kada

Ryoichi Tamagawa
....................................................Yoshimura

Tomo'o Nagai
....................................................Takasaki

Sanae Nakahara
....................................................Madame

Tomoko Mayama
....................................................Kinuko
Director
...........................................................Yasuzō Masumura
Screenplay
...........................................................Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
Yasuzō Masumura
Novel
...........................................................Masayuki Tōyama
Director of Photography
...........................................................Setsuo Kobayashi
Sound Recordist
...........................................................Takeo Suda
Lighting Technician
...........................................................Nagaharu Watanabe
Production Companies
...................................................Daiei Film
Production Countries
........................................................Japan
Spoken Languages
....................................................日本語
Genres
....................................................Action
Crime
Drama
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