Movie: Utamaro's World

Top 10 Billed Cast

Shin Kishida
岸田森

Utamaro

Shingo Yamashiro
山城新伍

Mikio Narita
成田三樹夫

Juzaburo Tsutaya

Eiji Okada
岡田英次

Tanuma

Ryōhei Uchida
内田良平

Tadao Nakamaru
中丸忠雄

Shimizu

Isao Tamagawa
玉川伊佐男

Akiji Kobayashi
小林昭二

Isao Bitō
尾藤イサオ

Masami Horiuchi
堀内正美

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1977-09-17

  • Average

    5.556

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語

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