Play It Cool

This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.

• Director: Yasuzō Masumura
• Cast: Mari Atsumi, Yūsuke Kawazu, Kō Nishimura, Ryoichi Tamagawa, Tomo'o Nagai, Sanae Nakahara, Tomoko Mayama, Akemi Negishi