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Yukiguni

Yukiguni

1957Movie⏱️ 2h 13m
DramaRomance
6.8
IMDB Rating
196 votes

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...

Director
Shirô Toyoda
Writers
Yasunari Kawabata, Toshio Yasumi
Stars
Ryô Ikebe, Keiko Kishi, Kaoru Yachigusa
Release Date
May 15, 1966
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
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Wins
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Ryô Ikebe
Ryô Ikebe
as Shimamura
Keiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi
as Komako
Kaoru Yachigusa
Kaoru Yachigusa
as Yôko
Akira Kubo
Akira Kubo
Haruo Tanaka
Haruo Tanaka
as Porter
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Akira Nakamura
Chieko Naniwa
Chieko Naniwa
as Head maid
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Jun Tatara
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Mineko Yorozuyo
Kumeko Urabe
Kumeko Urabe

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
Toho

🏷️ Keywords

snowone word titlebased on novel

🎯 Categories

JapaneseDramaRomance

⭐ Featured Review

A geisha's life is difficult.
by gordon-312001-08-23
7/10

"The winter snow scenery is spectacular! Keiko Kishi who plays the geisha is quite beautiful and does a splendid job acting in a difficult role. The film takes place in the 1930's at a mountain spa. It is well known that the geishas who work at spas are are more likely to be prostitutes than are the geishas who work in Kyoto. In this story sex causes complications which are less likely to occur if the relationship of the geisha was just as a singer and dancer. Ryo Ikebe who plays the male lead is married and is the strong silent type. Needless to say the poor geisha hasn't got a chan..."

📖 Synopsis

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...