Drama · Japan · 1946 · 1h 34m

Utamaro and His Five Women

歌麿をめぐる五人の女

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Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
Cast
Bandō Mitsugorō VIII as Utamaro Kinuyo Tanaka as Okita Kōtarō Bandō as Seinosuke Hiroko Kawasaki as Oran Toshiko Iizuka as Takasode Kyōko Kusajima as Oman
Crew
Shigeto Miki — Director of Photography Shintarō Miyamoto — Editor Tamezô Mochizuki — Original Music Composer Hisato Osawa — Original Music Composer Yoshikata Yoda — Writer Kanji Kunieda — Novel
Synopsis

Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the Tokyo brothels provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women vie for lovers, and, occasionally, his art gets him into trouble.

Key Collaborators
Kenji Mizoguchi Director Shigeto Miki Director of Photography Shintarō Miyamoto Editor Tamezô Mochizuki Original Music Composer Hisato Osawa Original Music Composer Yoshikata Yoda Writer Kanji Kunieda Novel Hisao Itoya Producer Isamu Motoki Production Design
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