Snow Country (1957)
It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love. She's the foster daughter of a local family, almost engaged to the family's son Yukio, now dying of consumption. He's tended by his sister Yuko who's angry at Komako for abandoning her brother. Shimamura returns to Tokyo but promises he will be back soon. In anticipation of his return, Komako breaks with her patron and her family loses their home. Complications arise when Shimamura doesn't come back as promised. Then Komako discovers that he and Yuko knew each other in Tokyo. Can Komako escape destiny?
Director:
Shirō Toyoda
Writer:
Toshio Yasumi
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Ryō Ikebe as Shimamura |
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Keiko Kishi as Komako |
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Kaoru Yachigusa as Yôko |
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Akira Kubo as Saichiro |
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Haruo Tanaka as Porter |
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Akira Nakamura as Yukio |
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Chieko Naniwa as Otatsu |
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Jun Tatara as |
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Mineko Yorozuyo as Geisha Kikuyu |
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Kumeko Urabe as |
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Yasuko Nakada as Hanae |
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Haruko Tōgō as |
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Noriko Sengoku as Masseuse |
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Eiko Miyoshi as Teacher |
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Hisaya Morishige as Imura |
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Daisuke Katō as Inn proprietor |
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Akira Tani as |
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Kiyomi Mizunoya as |
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Fukami Harue as |
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Senkichi Ōmura as |
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Ikio Sawamura as |
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Tsuruko Mano as |
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Chie Iwazaki as |
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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as |
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Yaeko Izumo as |
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Gorô Sakurai as |
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Etsuko Ichihara as |
| Directing | Shirō Toyoda | Director |
| Sound | Masao Fujiyoshi | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Shigeru Mori | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Ikuma Dan | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Kôichi Iwashita | Editor |
| Writing | Toshio Yasumi | Screenplay |
| Camera | Jun Yasumoto | Director of Photography |
| Art | Makoto Sono | Art Direction |
| Production | Ichirō Satō | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Tsutomu Nakamura | Assistant Director |
| Art | Kisaku Ito | Art Direction |
| Writing | Yasunari Kawabata | Novel |
