Snow Country (1965)
This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha Komako who lives in a region with heavy snowfalls.
Director:
Hideo Ōba
Writer:
Ryōsuke Saitō
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Shima Iwashita as Komako |
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Mariko Kaga as Yoko |
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Isao Kimura as Shimamura |
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Tamotsu Hayakawa as Yukio |
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Shinichi Yanagisawa as Inn clerk |
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Sadako Sawamura as Dance teacher |
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Kaneko Iwasaki as Shimamura's wife |
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Chieko Naniwa as Blind masseuse |
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Mineko Yorozuyo as |
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Kakuko Chino as Geisha Kikuyu |
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Mutsuko Sakura as Maid |
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Takanobu Hozumi as |
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Taketoshi Naitō as Shimamura's friend Koizumi |
| Directing | Hideo Ōba | Director |
| Writing | Ryōsuke Saitō | Screenplay |
| Camera | Tōichirō Narushima | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ryuji Matsumoto | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Akio Tamura | Lighting Technician |
| Editing | Yoshi Sugihara | Editor |
| Art | Tadataka Yoshino | Art Direction |
| Production | Shizuo Yamanouchi | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Naozumi Yamamoto | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Yasunari Kawabata | Novel |