Snow Country
1957
133 minutes
Overview
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?
Top Cast
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
Akira Tani
Kiyomi Mizunoya
Fukami Harue
Senkichi Ōmura
Ikio Sawamura
Tsuruko Mano
Chie Iwazaki
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Yaeko Izumo
Gorô Sakurai
