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Snow Country (1957)
Directed by Shiro Toyoda
Overview
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?
Length 133 minutes
Actors
Ryô Ikebe | Keiko Kishi | Kaoru Yachigusa | Akira Kubo | Haruo Tanaka | Akira Nakamura | Chieko Naniwa | Jun Tatara | Mineko Yorozuyo | Kumeko Urabe | Yasuko Nakata | Haruko Tôgô | Noriko Sengoku | Eiko Miyoshi | Hisaya Morishige | Daisuke Katô | Akira Tani | Kiyomi Mizunoya | Fukami Harue | Senkichi Ômura | Ikio Sawamura | Tsuruko Mano | Chie Iwazaki | Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | Yaeko Izumo | Gorô Sakurai | Etsuko Ichihara