Film
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Japan- Director
- Shūe Matsubayashi
- Year
- 1958
At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scandals. When a guest threatens to expose one maid's past, she must decide whether to run or face it—with help from a kind local officer.
Top cast
Reiko Dan
Yuki (maid)
Kumi Mizuno
Keiko Tashiro (newlywed guest)
Ken Uehara
Sentarō Kuwabara
Aiko Mimasu
Yone (maid)
Keiju Kobayashi
Officer Furuyama
Daisuke Katō
Kikuzō (head clerk)
Yōko Tsukasa
Kyōko Arisaka (Yone’s daughter)
Akira Takarada
Shirō Arisaka (Kyōko’s husband)
Kyū Sazanka
Heita (head clerk)
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Takeo (kitchen trainee)
Shun'ichi Segi
Yoshio Tashiro (newlywed guest)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kazuo Shimada
Michiyo Tamaki
Asa (maid)
Rumiko Sasa
Haru (maid)
Chieko Nakakita
Toshi (maid)
Tamae Kiyokawa
Chieko Higashiyama
Mrs. Chiyoda
Kichijirō Ueda
Directed by
Shūe Matsubayashi
Written by
Katsuya Susaki
Produced by
Sanezumi Fujimoto, Hisao Ichikawa