Snow Country

Snow Country

★ 4.0

Release Date:
Apr 10, 1965

Runtime:
1h 53m

Genres:
Drama

Description

This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha Komako who lives in a region with heavy snowfalls.

Director: Hideo Ōba
Writer: Ryōsuke Saitō
Stars: Shima Iwashita, Mariko Kaga, Isao Kimura
Production: Shochiku

Cast

Shima Iwashita
Shima Iwashita
Komako
Mariko Kaga
Mariko Kaga
Yoko
Isao Kimura
Isao Kimura
Shimamura
Tamotsu Hayakawa
Tamotsu Hayakawa
Yukio
Shinichi Yanagisawa
Shinichi Yanagisawa
Inn clerk
Sadako Sawamura
Sadako Sawamura
Dance teacher
Kaneko Iwasaki
Kaneko Iwasaki
Shimamura's wife
Chieko Naniwa
Chieko Naniwa
Blind masseuse
Mineko Yorozuyo
Kakuko Chino
Kakuko Chino
Geisha Kikuyu
Mutsuko Sakura
Mutsuko Sakura
Maid
Takanobu Hozumi
Takanobu Hozumi
Taketoshi Naitō
Taketoshi Naitō
Shimamura's friend Koizumi

Crew

Hideo Ōba
Hideo Ōba
Director
Ryōsuke Saitō
Screenplay
Tōichirō Narushima
Director of Photography
Naozumi Yamamoto
Naozumi Yamamoto
Original Music Composer
Tadataka Yoshino
Art Direction
Yoshi Sugihara
Editor
Akio Tamura
Lighting Technician
Shizuo Yamanouchi
Executive Producer
Ryuji Matsumoto
Sound Recordist
Yasunari Kawabata
Yasunari Kawabata
Original Story