Snow Country
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Snow Country 1965 Directed by Hideo Ōba 雪国

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Company Shochiku
Release Date 10 April 1965
113 mins
Cast
Shima Iwashita
Shima Iwashita Komako
Mariko Kaga
Mariko Kaga Yoko
Isao Kimura
Isao Kimura Shimamura
Tamotsu Hayakawa
Tamotsu Hayakawa Yukio
Shinichi Yanagisawa
Shinichi Yanagisawa Inn clerk
Sadako Sawamura
Sadako Sawamura Dance teacher
Kaneko Iwasaki
Kaneko Iwasaki Shimamura's wife
Chieko Naniwa
Chieko Naniwa Blind masseuse
Mineko Yorozuyo
Mineko Yorozuyo
Kakuko Chino
Kakuko Chino Geisha Kikuyu
Mutsuko Sakura
Mutsuko Sakura Maid
Takanobu Hozumi
Takanobu Hozumi
Taketoshi Naitō
Taketoshi Naitō Shimamura's friend Koizumi
Crew
Director
Hideo Ōba
Hideo Ōba
Writer
Ryōsuke Saitō
Ryōsuke Saitō
Executive Producer
Shizuo Yamanouchi
Shizuo Yamanouchi
Cinematography
Tōichirō Narushima
Tōichirō Narushima
Composer
Naozumi Yamamoto
Naozumi Yamamoto
Editor
Yoshi Sugihara
Yoshi Sugihara
Original Writer
Yasunari Kawabata
Yasunari Kawabata
Art Direction
Tadataka Yoshino
Tadataka Yoshino
Lighting
Akio Tamura
Akio Tamura