The Dancing Girl of Izu
65 %|Feb 1, 1933|Drama, Romance
"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets there, including their youngest girl. The student finds the naïve girl attractive even though he eventually has to part with the family after spending memorable time together.
Featured Crew
Heinosuke Gosho
Director
Akira Fushimi
Screenplay
Yasunari Kawabata
Author
Jôji Ohara
Director of Photography
Ryônosuke Akita
Set Decoration
Takashi Kanasu
Set Decoration
Noburô Kimura
Set Decoration
Tami Mitamura
Costume Design
Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka
Kaoru, a dancer
Den Obinata
Mizuhara, a student
Tokuji Kobayashi
Eikichi, brother of Kaoru
Kinuko Wakamizu
Chiyoko, the wife
Takeshi Sakamoto
Hattori
Chōko Iida
Geisha
Eiko Takamatsu
Otatsu, the mother
Shizue Hyôdô
Yuriko, an emplyee
Jun Arai
Zenbei, master of 'Yukawarô'
Ryoichi Takeuchi
Ryûichi, the son
Reikichi Kawamura
Kubota, an engineer
Ryōtarō Mizushima
Tamura, a policeman
Haruo Takeda
Monk
Kikuko Hanaoka
Geisha
Shozaburo Abe
Customer at the spa
Kiyoshi Aono
Kisaku
Osamu Soga
Barber proprietor
Hiroshi Nagao
Blue-collar
Juku Matsumoto
Blue-collar
Reikō Tani
Man
Einosuke Naka
Village man
Reiji Yanagida
Village man
Chieko Kyotani
Inn maid
Shizue Akiyama
Inn maid
Yasuko Koizumi
Woman at the harbour