Film

Snow Country

6.719651h 53mDrama

Director: Hideo Ōba
Year: 1965

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

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.

Top cast

Shima Iwashita

Komako

Mariko Kaga

Yoko

Isao Kimura

Shimamura

Tamotsu Hayakawa

Yukio

Shinichi Yanagisawa

Inn clerk

Sadako Sawamura

Dance teacher

Kaneko Iwasaki

Shimamura's wife

Chieko Naniwa

Blind masseuse

Mineko Yorozuyo

Kakuko Chino

Geisha Kikuyu

Mutsuko Sakura

Maid

Takanobu Hozumi

Taketoshi Naitō

Shimamura's friend Koizumi

Directed by

Hideo Ōba

Written by

Ryōsuke Saitō