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The Floating World

  • 2003
  • 27m
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Short

When she is ten years old, Ichiume is sold to a geisha house by her widowed mother. Six years later, her geisha mistress forces her to go through the ceremony of Mizuage; her virginity will ... Read allWhen she is ten years old, Ichiume is sold to a geisha house by her widowed mother. Six years later, her geisha mistress forces her to go through the ceremony of Mizuage; her virginity will be sold to the highest bidder. Ichiume runs away rather than be forced to be with a strang... Read allWhen she is ten years old, Ichiume is sold to a geisha house by her widowed mother. Six years later, her geisha mistress forces her to go through the ceremony of Mizuage; her virginity will be sold to the highest bidder. Ichiume runs away rather than be forced to be with a stranger. But when she returns to her childhood home, it is abandoned. Ichiume decides to go bac... Read all

  • Director
    • Shin-Hee Kim
  • Writer
    • Jennifer Gilbert
  • Stars
    • Kazumi Aihara
    • Kelly Chinone
    • Stefani Lee
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    • Director
      • Shin-Hee Kim
    • Writer
      • Jennifer Gilbert
    • Stars
      • Kazumi Aihara
      • Kelly Chinone
      • Stefani Lee
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    Kazumi Aihara
    Kazumi Aihara
    • Ichiko
    Kelly Chinone
    Kelly Chinone
    • Hanayo
    Stefani Lee
    • Young Ichiume
    C. Traci Murase
    • Banquet Geisha
    Kei Ogawa
    Kei Ogawa
    • Ichiume
    Miyuki Sakurai
    • Mrs. Matsuo
    Ren Urano
    • Mr. Beku
    • Director
      • Shin-Hee Kim
    • Writer
      • Jennifer Gilbert
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      Jennifer Gilbert spent over two years working to complete the film.

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      • September 11, 2003 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • Japanese
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      27 minutes
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