The Romance of Yushima
# The Romance of Yushima

The Romance of Yushima (婦系図 湯島の白梅, Onna keizu: Yushima no shiraume, lit. "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.

## Plot

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

## Cast

* Fujiko Yamamoto as Otsuta
* Kōji Tsuruta as Chikara Hayase
* Masayuki Mori as Shunzo Sakai
* Sumiko Fujita as Taeko Sakai
* Yasuko Kawakami as Yukiko Matsumura
* Haruko Sugimura as Koyoshi
* Daisuke Katō as Menoso

## Background

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 setting originally not contained in the book.

## TV version

A TV dramatisation was broadcast between Thursday 9 June and Thursday 16 June 1966, again starring Fujiko Yamamoto.

