“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.
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Cast
13 people
Shima Iwashita
Komako
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Mariko Kaga
Yoko
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Isao Kimura
Shimamura
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Seven Samurai
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Tamotsu Hayakawa
Yukio
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Shinichi Yanagisawa
Inn clerk
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Sadako Sawamura
Dance teacher
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Kaneko Iwasaki
Shimamura's wife
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Chieko Naniwa
Blind masseuse
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Mineko Yorozuyo
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Kakuko Chino
Geisha Kikuyu
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Mutsuko Sakura
Maid
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Takanobu Hozumi
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Hideo Ōba Director · Ryōsuke Saitō Screenplay Yasunari Kawabata Author
First release April 10, 1965 · Produced in Japan · Original title 雪国
Production
Shochiku
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Japan
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Languages
Original title
雪国
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 10, 1965
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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