Raised in a Palace

Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a geisha at night She sees her future as an entertainer, not a prostitute, & she expects a happy marriage with a medical student, Yasuke (Katsuo Nakamura), a sweet fellow she deeply loves. but things started to getting worse for Tamiko and she's forced to become the mistress of the disgusting Tsukada (Seiji Miyaguchi).

Cast

Yoshiko Mita

as Tamiko

Katsuo Nakamura

as Yasuke

Tatsuo Umemiya

as Shigemi Nitta

Mako Midori

as Tsutae

Kaori Tsukahara

as Yukie

Ai Sasaki

as Miyako

Seiji Miyaguchi

as Tsukada

Michiko Araki

as Oharu

Kōshirō Harada

as Oki

Ken Mitsuda

as "Manharu" master

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