BU・SU (1987) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1987 · 95 mins · Japanese

Directed by

Jun Ichikawa

Starring

Shigeru Muroi, Nobuo Nakamura, Masahiro Takashima, Michiyo Yasuda, Yasuko Tomita, Kazue Itō

At 18, Mugiko leaves her bleak village for Tokyo, hoping a new life in her aunt’s geisha house will bring freedom. As the daughter of a once‑renowned geisha, she inherits the right—and pressure—to master the centuries‑old disciplines of classical Japanese song and dance, while confronting the expectations of tradition and her own yearning for independence.