Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the Tokyo brothels provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women vie for lovers, and, occasionally, his art gets him into trouble.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Bandō Mitsugorō VIII as Utamaro |
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Kinuyo Tanaka as Okita |
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Kōtarō Bandō as Seinosuke |
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Hiroko Kawasaki as Oran |
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Toshiko Iizuka as Takasode |
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Kyōko Kusajima as Oman |
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Eiko Ohara as Yukie |
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Shôtarô Nakamura as Shozaburo |
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Kiniko Shiratao as Oshin |
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Minpei Tomimoto as Takemaro |
| Directing | Kenji Mizoguchi | Director |
| Writing | Yoshikata Yoda | Writer |
| Writing | Kanji Kunieda | Novel |
| Sound | Tamezô Mochizuki | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Hisato Osawa | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Shigeto Miki | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
| Art | Isamu Motoki | Production Design |
| Production | Hisao Itoya | Producer |
| Sound | Hisashi Kase | Sound |
| Production | Tadaoto Kainoshō | Researcher |