Drama · Japan · 1965 · 1h 53m

Snow Country

雪国

Director

Cast

Shima Iwashita as Komako Mariko Kaga as Yoko Isao Kimura as Shimamura Tamotsu Hayakawa as Yukio Shinichi Yanagisawa as Inn clerk Sadako Sawamura as Dance teacher

Crew

Tōichirō Narushima — Director of Photography Yoshi Sugihara — Editor Naozumi Yamamoto — Original Music Composer Ryōsuke Saitō — Screenplay Yasunari Kawabata — Novel

Tagline

Is parting grief or sweet sorrow? The geisha desperately groping for a true love!

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book onsen shōwa era (1926-89)

Key Collaborators

Hideo Ōba Director Tōichirō Narushima Director of Photography Yoshi Sugihara Editor Naozumi Yamamoto Original Music Composer Ryōsuke Saitō Screenplay Yasunari Kawabata Novel

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