The Geisha (1983)

1933. 20 years before, Katsuzo was in love with a geisha who gave him a daughter. They tried to run away together but they were caught and she was killed right before his eyes. Now he is a zegen, aka a pimp who sells girls to the Yokiro, the biggest geisha house in Southern Japan, run by Osode, who used to be his mistress. His daughter who was raised by the Geisha House. is now a Great Geisha under the name Momowaka, his girlfriend Tamako wants to become a geisha, Momowaka falls in love, and one of Osaka's yakuza clans wants to take control of the Yokiro.