Snow Country
雪国
Release: 1957-04-30
·Runtime: 133m
·★ 6.7
Drama
Romance
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?
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Cast
Haruo Tanaka
as Porter
Hisaya Morishige
as Imura
Daisuke Katō
as Inn proprietor
Kiyomi Mizunoya
Ikio Sawamura
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Keiko Kishi
as Komako
Jun Tatara
Kaoru Yachigusa
as Yôko
Akira Kubo
as Saichiro
Chieko Naniwa
as Otatsu
Kumeko Urabe
Yasuko Nakada
as Hanae
Eiko Miyoshi
as Teacher
Senkichi Ōmura
Ryō Ikebe
as Shimamura
Haruko Tōgō
Noriko Sengoku
as Masseuse
Etsuko Ichihara
