Snow Country

Top 10 Billed Cast

Ryō Ikebe
池部良

Shimamura

Keiko Kishi
岸恵子

Komako

Kaoru Yachigusa
八千草薫

Yôko

Akira Kubo
久保明

Saichiro

Haruo Tanaka
田中春男

Porter

Akira Nakamura
中村彰

Yukio

Chieko Naniwa
浪花千栄子

Otatsu

Jun Tatara
多々良純

Mineko Yorozuyo
萬代峰子

Geisha Kikuyu

Kumeko Urabe
浦辺粂子

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    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?

  • Release Date

    1957-04-30

  • Average

    6.7

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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    日本語
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