Film

Beauty

1946 · 1h 38m · Drama

The story is based on the life of a poet who lived in Japan in the Taisho era. When her fiancé is arrested she believes he has suddenly disappeared and that he has abandoned her. She faces a dilemma. Despite her family being of a high class, they do not have money, which means she has to get married to someone who does. This drives her to marriage with an older man whose sole affection is directed at her looks and outside. Then she meets her freed fiancé.

Setsuko Hara

Keiko

Susumu Fujita

Shinichi Tazawa

Masao Shimizu

Eitarō Shindō

Densuke Isaka

Toshiko Hatori

Tsuyuko Sakuramachi

Haruo Tanaka

Eijiro Ogami

Haruo

Yuriko Hanabusa

Tomi

Rikie Sanjō

Sadako

Yo Shiomi

Kane Sada

Sumie Tsubaki

Satoe

• Kunio WatanabeDirector
• Toshio YasumiScreenplay
• Sōjirō MotokiProducer
• Ryo TakeiProducer
• Kiyoe KawamuraDirector of Photography

Release date

May 16, 1946

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Drama