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Play It Cool (1970)

Original title: でんきくらげ

1970-05-01 · 1h 34m · JA
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This 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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Yasuzō MasumuraDirector

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Mari AtsumiMari AtsumiYumiYūsuke KawazuYūsuke KawazuNozawaKō NishimuraKō NishimuraKadaRyoichi TamagawaRyoichi TamagawaYoshimuraTomo'o NagaiTomo'o NagaiTakasakiSanae NakaharaSanae NakaharaMadameTomoko MayamaTomoko MayamaKinukoAkemi NegishiAkemi NegishiTomiYoshihiko AoyamaYoshihiko AoyamaTajimaSei HiraizumiSei HiraizumiIshikawaGen KimuraGen KimuraKazamaYūzō HayakawaYūzō HayakawaYamakawa

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Genre affinityDramaDialogue densityDramaDirector preference363717Actor preference10007 · 374876 · 335942Country preferenceJpDecade preference1970

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This 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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Play It Cool has a runtime of 94 minutes.

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