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Utamaro, Painter of the Woman (1959)
Directed by Keigo Kimura
Overview
Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro’s model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro’s fame and tries to compromise him…
Length 99 minutes
Actors
Kazuo Hasegawa | Chikage Awashima | Yasuko Nakata | Keiko Awaji | Hitomi Nozoe | Fujiko Yamamoto | Ikuko Môri | Masumi Harukawa | Kyû Sazanka | Bontarô Miake | Seizaburô Kawazu | Mayumi Kurata | Junko Mikawa | Hiroko Yajima | Tamae Kiyokawa