Snow Country

Synopsis

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?

Main Cast

Ryō Ikebe

Shimamura

Age : 92 | Popularity : 3%

Keiko Kishi

Komako

Age : 91 | Popularity : 3%

Kaoru Yachigusa

Yôko

Age : 88 | Popularity : 10%

Akira Kubo

Saichiro

Age : 87 | Popularity : 3%

Haruo Tanaka

Porter

Age : 79 | Popularity : 9%

Akira Nakamura

Yukio

Age : 53 | Popularity : 3%

Chieko Naniwa

Otatsu

Age : 65 | Popularity : 5%

Jun Tatara

Age : 89 | Popularity : 6%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Original Story	Yasunari Kawabata
	Screenplay	Toshio Yasumi
Sound	Original Music Composer	Ikuma Dan
	Sound Recordist	Masao Fujiyoshi
Editing	Editor	Kôichi Iwashita
Directing	Director	Shirō Toyoda
	Assistant Director	Tsutomu Nakamura
Camera	Director of Photography	Jun Yasumoto
Art	Art Direction	Makoto Sono Kisaku Ito
Lighting	Lighting Technician	Shigeru Mori
Production	Executive Producer	Ichirô Satô
Department	Role	Name

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