Snow Country (1965)
Original title: 雪国
Snow Country is a 1965 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Hideo Ōba, with a running time of 1h 53m. It stars Shima Iwashita, Mariko Kaga and Isao Kimura.
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.
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
- Kaneko Iwasaki as Shimamura's wife
- Chieko Naniwa as Blind masseuse
- Mineko Yorozuyo
- Kakuko Chino as Geisha Kikuyu
- Mutsuko Sakura as Maid
- Takanobu Hozumi