Utamaro's World (1977)
Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.
Director: Akio Jissoji
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Shin Kishida as Utamaro |
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Shingo Yamashiro as |
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Mikio Narita as Juzaburo Tsutaya |
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Eiji Okada as Tanuma |
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Ryōhei Uchida as |
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Tadao Nakamaru as Shimizu |
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Isao Tamagawa as |
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Akiji Kobayashi as |
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Isao Bitō as |
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Masami Horiuchi as |
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Minori Terada as |
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Kantarō Suga as |
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Ben Hiura as |
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Sumio Tomikawa as |
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Katsumi Muramatsu as |
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Mikio Ozawa as |
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Kazuhiko Kura as |
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Sabu Kawahara as |
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Katsumasa Uchida as |
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Shingo Kamijo as |
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Noboru Nakaya as Sadanobu Matsudaira |
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Ryo Tamura as |
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Eishin Tono as |
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Kyôko Kishida as Ochika |
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Michiko Saga as |
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Yasuko Nagamine as |
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Rie Nakagawa as Kujaku |
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Eiko Yanami as |
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Izuhi Higashioka as |
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Tokuko Watanabe as |
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Yukiko Nagano as |
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Eri Kanuma as |
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Rena Natsuki as |
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Hiroko Sakurai as |
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Mako Midori as Oryo |
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Kazuyo Mita as Onatsu |
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Mikijiro Hira as Yume no ukihashi |
| Sound | Ryouhei Hirose | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Akio Jissoji | Director |
| Writing | Masaru Takesue | Writer |
| Camera | Masao Nakabori | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Keiichi Uraoka | Editor |
| Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka | Production Design |
| Art | Noriyoshi Ikeya | Production Design |