A geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto feels obliged to help her lover when he asks to stay with her after going bankrupt and leaving his wife. However, her younger sister opposes this, thinking that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them.

Isuzu Yamada
as O-mocha

Yōko Umemura
as Umekichi

Benkei Shiganoya
as Shimbei Furusawa

Eitarō Shindō
as Kudo

Taizō Fukami
as Kimura

Shizuko Takizawa
as Ochiyo

Namiko Kawashima
as Oemi Furusawa

Fumio Okura
as Jurakudo

Sakurako Iwama
as Omasa Kudô

Somenosuke Hayashiya
as Sadakichi