阳晖楼

The movie "Yanghuilou" was directed by the director Gosha Hero, starring Ken Ogata and Ji Miko Ikegami, and was released in 1983. Based on the novel of the same name by Tomiko Miyao, the film tells the story of a fateful geisha's journey

The story happened on a cold winter night in the first year of Taisho. Ota Katsuzo is a down-and-out man who elopes with a geisha, Toyotake Rotsukura, but is hunted down by gangsters in a geisha hall. When Lu He was dying, she entrusted her infant daughter to Shengzao. Twenty years later, Katsuno is working as a geisha broker, and his daughter, Yau, has grown up to be stunningly beautiful. Shengzao sent the house to Yanghui Building, and asked the proprietress Axiu (played by Beishang Mitsuko) to be the master of the house. After arduous training, the house became a famous geisha in Yanghuilou under the new name Taoruo.

However, at the same time, the Inamune family, a gangster in Osaka, was also entrenched in Kochi, planning to invade Katsuzo's territory. In this world full of grievances, affection, and love, Tao Ruo's fate is intertwined with the disputes in the world, and scenes of unspeakable human tragedies and comedies are staged.

"Yanghuilou" is based on the novel by Tomiko Miyao and presents a story full of drama and emotional conflict. The film outlines the fate and inner world of each character through delicate narration and wonderful performances. The audience will be brought into a confusing, challenging and contradictory world of geisha, and feel the intricate relationship between love, family and human nature.