The Disguise
Kōzaburō Yoshimura: Tides of Emotion
December 5 - 11, 2025
The conflict between two sisters—one a geisha, one a salarywoman—becomes a powerful parable about the clash of the old and the new in this immaculate melodrama, starring Rashomon’s Machiko Kyō.
The conflict between two sisters—one a geisha, one a salarywoman—becomes a powerful parable about the clash of the old and the new in Kōzaburō Yoshimura’s immaculate melodrama, with a script by Kaneto Shindō. Machiko Kyō (who starred in Rashomon a year earlier) captivates as a hardheaded Gion District geisha whose coming to terms with a new era powers this meditation on the postwar experience in all of its complexity. Print courtesy of the Japan Foundation.
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