Jokyo (film)

Jokyō (女経, Jokyō, A Woman's Testament) is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kon Ichikawa and Yasuzo Masumura. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

This is a series of three stories revolving around women. The first story is about a young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. She has what seems like a good plan for a strong financial future; she is investing in a company on the one hand, and on the other, taking action to snare the son of the company's owner in marriage. In the second story, a young woman is employed by a real estate agent in order to convince male clients to invest in worthless property, usually by bathing with them. The last story is about a widowed geisha who has no financial worries. But when she falls in love with a forger, she opts to wait for him after he is sent to prison. This causes trouble for her in family and society, but she ignores them despite the pressure.

Cast

• Ayako Wakao - Kimi
• Hiroshi Kawaguchi - Tabata
• Jiro Tamiya - Harumoto
• Sachiko Hidari - Satsuki
• Fujiko Yamamoto - Tsuneko
• Eiji Funakoshi - Yasushi
• Machiko Kyō - Omitsu
• Ganjirō Nakamura - Gosuke
• Junko Kano - Yumiko
• Chieko Murata - Otatsu
• Jun Negishi - Kanemitsu
• Hitomi Nozoe - Girl

References

External links

• Jokyo at the Internet Movie Database