A Geisha (1953)

A Geisha 1953 In post war Japan, sixteen year old Eiko seeks out the geisha Miyoharu in the district of Gion, in Kyoto asking her to be a maiko geisha apprentice Eiko explains that her mother who was a geisha and Miyoharus friend has just died, her father Sawamoto has failed in business, and her uncle is harassing her Miyoharu is a warm hearted woman and accepts to train her One year later, Eikos father refuses to be her guarantor and Miyoharu borrows a large amount from the tea house owner Okimi to buy her kimono and debut in a party Miyoharu changes Eikos name to Miyoe and introduces her to clients as her sister Soon, Miyoharu is charged for the money but neither she nor Miyoe want to have patrons