It Is a Long Walk (長崎ぶらぶら節) 23 years old
Screen icon Sayuri Yoshinaga stars in this historical melodrama about geishas in the southern city of Nagasaki set during the 1920s. Though she was sold to a geisha house at a young age, Aihara (Yoshinaga) has since become a master samisen player and woman of great elegance. Though not especially rich, she doles out money to street kids, in particular, a pretty young flower vendor named Oyuki, who becomes Aihara's godchild of sorts. Yet when a geisha (Reiko Takashima) from a rival red-light district insults Aihara and her brethren, she fights back. Soon an all-out geisha war looms. Dapper businessman and amateur scholar Tojiro Koga (Tetsuya Watari) appears on the scene and defuses tempers -- suggesting that difference be settled through a competition of artistic abilities. Smitten with her talent and mature beauty, Koga invites Aihara to record Nagasaki folk songs before they disappear forever
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It Is a Long Walk Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tomoyo Harada She was 32, now 56 years old | |
| Ittoku Kishibe He was 53, now 77 years old | |
| Reiko Takashima She was 36, now 59 years old | |
| Sayuri Yoshinaga She was 55, now 79 years old | as Aihachi |
| Toshiyuki Nagashima He was 43, now 67 years old | |
| Shiho Fujimura She was 61, now 85 years old | |
| Tatsuo Matsumura He was 85, 90 years old when he died | |
| Tetsuya Watari He was 58, now 82 years old | |
| Hiroshi Katsuno He was 51, now 74 years old |
It Is a Long Walk Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Tatsuo Suzuki as Director of Photography. He was 65 (76) years old when He died | Camera |
| Michiru Oshima as Music. She was 39 (now 62) years old | Sound |
| Tetsuji Hayashi as Producer. He was 51 (now 74) years old | Production |
| Yoshinobu Nishioka as Art Direction. He was 78 (97) years old when He died | Art |
| Shin'ichi Ichikawa as Writer. He was 59 (77) years old when He died | Writing |
It Is a Long Walk (23 years)
- Release day: Friday, September 15, 2000
- Runtime: 115 minutes