A Design for Dying (1961)
Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps into picture and Shikiko soon feels that he is indispensable to her. But the advent of a man in their midst breaks up the harmony that has existed among the four women, as gradually he forces himself on them with promises of love.
Director:
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Writer:
Kaneto Shindō
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Machiko Kyō as Shikiko Oba |
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Junko Kano as |
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Tamao Nakamura as |
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Ayako Wakao as |
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Jirō Tamiya as |
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Masayuki Mori as Professor Shiraishi |
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Taketoshi Naitō as |
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Eiji Funakoshi as |
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Kazuko Miyakawa as |
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Hiromi Ichida as Model B |
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Mitsuko Tanaka as Waitress |
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Noriko Hodaka as Nurse |
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Sumiko Hidaka as |
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Kô Sugita as Kurata |
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Hisako Takihana as Kiyo, the maid |
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Chikako Hosokawa as |
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Ken Mitsuda as |
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Chieko Murata as |
| Writing | Toyoko Yamasaki | Original Story |
| Directing | Kōzaburō Yoshimura | Director |
| Production | Masaichi Nagata | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Screenplay |
| Camera | Jōji Ohara | Director of Photography |