From the liner notes

Sex and money collide at a geisha house before the Russo-Japanese War, where a first-time customer about to be married becomes deeply involved with an experienced geisha. The other women, both young and old, also become entangled in a variety of relationships amidst a violent historical setting of Korean uprisings and the eventual Japanese invasion of Siberia. A tantalizing, forbidden fruit of world cinema, this decadent delight is ripe for rediscovery.