The Romance of Yushima

"Genealogy of women: White plums of Yushima) is a 1955 Japanese romance drama film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

It is based on the 1907 novel Onna keizu by Kyōka Izumi.

[1][2] The film follows the tragic love story between student Chikara and his mistress Otsuta, a geisha.

Izumi's novel, first published in serialised form in 1907, became popular as a shinpa play the following year, which added the title giving Yushima[a] setting originally not contained in the book.

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