Play It Cool

Directed by Yasuzō Masumura

With Mari Atsumi, Yūsuke Kawazu, Kō Nishimura, Ryoichi Tamagawa and Tomo'o Nagai

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.