Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her dancing begins training with the Onnagata Kikugoro VI as a dancer. She leaves her geisha life to pursue this new path, but falls in love with a naval officer who is the younger brother of Kikugoro and who saves her from a stalker monk. Kikugoro hears of this and becomes enraged. The naval officer dies in the Second Sino-Japanese War, causing the lead to go back home to her mother where she meets, and falls in love with, a poet who resembles her now-deceased fiancé. This poet leaves her in order to force her to dedicate her entire life to dancing, which he sees as her true pursuit.
花柳寿美
Ichirō Ryūzaki
Ichirō Ryūzaki
Shōtarō Hanayagi
Shizue Natsukawa
Ryuji Kita
Roppa Furukawa
Ichirō Izawa
Keiko Orihara
Kichijirō Ueda
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Chōko Iida
Mitsue Tachibana
Reikichi Kawamura
Toyo Takahashi
Sanemon Suzuki