Jokyo (film)

Jokyo
Directed by	Kōzaburō Yoshimura Kon Ichikawa Yasuzo Masumura
Produced by	Masaichi Nagata
Written by	Shôfû Muramatsu Toshio Yasumi
Starring	Ayako Wakao
Cinematography	Hiroshi Murai
Edited by	Tatsuji Nakashizu
Distributed by	Daiei Film
Release dates	14 January 1960
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Jokyō (女経, Jokyō, A Woman's Testament) is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kon Ichikawa and Yasuzo Masumura. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.

Plot

This is a series of three stories revolving around women. The first story is about a young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. She has what seems like a good plan for a strong financial future; she is investing in a company on the one hand, and on the other, taking action to snare the son of the company's owner in marriage. In the second story, a young woman is employed by a real estate agent in order to convince male clients to invest in worthless property, usually by bathing with them. The last story is about a widowed geisha who has no financial worries. But when she falls in love with a forger, she opts to wait for him after he is sent to prison. This causes trouble for her in family and society, but she ignores them despite the pressure.

Cast

• Ayako Wakao - Kimi
• Hiroshi Kawaguchi - Tabata
• Jiro Tamiya - Harumoto
• Sachiko Hidari - Satsuki
• Fujiko Yamamoto - Tsuneko
• Eiji Funakoshi - Yasushi
• Machiko Kyō - Omitsu
• Ganjirō Nakamura - Gosuke
• Junko Kano - Yumiko
• Chieko Murata - Otatsu
• Jun Negishi - Kanemitsu
• Hitomi Nozoe - Girl

External links

• Jokyo at IMDb