Kiyoko Hirai

Bot-chan — 1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

A Geisha's Diary — A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life,

Bridge of Japan — Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer

Miss Oyu — Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. C

This Way, That Way — An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has run away from home,