Japan Synopsis
流れる
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade in the late days of Geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portraits the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Flowing. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
The 1955–1957 Japan Window
Flowing holds position #12 of 28 Japan films in the 1955–1957 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1Throne of Blood
★ 7.9 · 1957
#2The Burmese Harp
★ 7.9 · 1956
#3Floating Clouds
★ 7.8 · 1955
#4Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
★ 7.4 · 1955
#5A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
★ 7.4 · 1957
#6I Live in Fear
★ 7.3 · 1955
#7Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
★ 7.3 · 1956
#8Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
★ 7.2 · 1955
The 1950s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1950s in Japan, 76 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Flowing premiered alongside 8 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 8 other Japan films in 1956.
The 92nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
29 audience reviews — more than 49% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 18th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Flowing, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- young woman · 1
- geisha · 18
- japan · 454
- based on novel or book · 288
- tokyo · 78
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,995 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (56th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #877 of 1,933 (top 45%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 57m |
| Release Date | November 20, 1956 |
| IMDb | tt0049537 |