Snow Country (1957)
2h 13m
Running Time
April 30, 1957Release Date
Snow Country (1957)
2h 13m
Running Time
April 30, 1957Release Date
Plot.
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?
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Cast & Crew.
Ryō Ikebe
Shimamura
Keiko Kishi
Komako
Kaoru Yachigusa
Yôko
Akira Kubo
Actor
Haruo Tanaka
Porter
Shirō Toyoda
Director
Akira Nakamura
Yukio
Chieko Naniwa
Otatsu
Yasunari Kawabata
Writer
Toshio Yasumi
Writer
Mineko Yorozuyo
Geisha Kikuyu
Ikuma Dan
Composer
Jun Yasumoto
Cinematographer
Yasuko Nakata
Hanae
Noriko Sengoku
Masseuse
Eiko Miyoshi
Teacher
Hisaya Morishige
Imura
Daisuke Katō
Inn proprietor
Kôichi Iwashita
Editor
Makoto Sono
Art Direction
Kisaku Ito
Art Direction
Masao Fujiyoshi
Sound Recordist
Shigeru Mori
Lighting Technician
Ichirô Satô
Executive Producer
Details.
Wiki.
Snow Country (雪国, Yukiguni) is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Shirō Toyoda, based on the novel of the same name by Yasunari Kawabata. The film was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.