Film

Snow Country

1957 · 2h 13m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

6.9

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?

Ryō Ikebe

Shimamura

Keiko Kishi

Komako

Kaoru Yachigusa

Yôko

Akira Kubo

Saichiro

Haruo Tanaka

Porter

Akira Nakamura

Yukio

Chieko Naniwa

Otatsu

Jun Tatara

Mineko Yorozuyo

Geisha Kikuyu

Kumeko Urabe

Yasuko Nakada

Hanae

Haruko Tōgō

Noriko Sengoku

Masseuse

Eiko Miyoshi

Teacher

Hisaya Morishige

Imura

Daisuke Katō

Inn proprietor

• Shirō ToyodaDirector
• Toshio YasumiScreenplay
• Yasunari KawabataNovel
• Ichirō SatōExecutive Producer
• Jun YasumotoDirector of Photography
• Ikuma DanOriginal Music Composer
• Kôichi IwashitaEditor

Release date

April 30, 1957

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 13m

Genres

Drama, Romance

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