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.

Cast

Ichirō Ryūzaki

高島達之助

Ichirō Ryūzaki

山村耕一

Shōtarō Hanayagi

六代目菊五郎

Shizue Natsukawa

菊五郎夫人

Roppa Furukawa

山吹周吉

Ichirō Izawa

山田蕉風

Keiko Orihara

妹由起子

Kichijirō Ueda

鬼酔和尚

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

おたけ

Chōko Iida

おしん

Mitsue Tachibana

君太郎

Reikichi Kawamura

足袋銀