Snow Country

6.7
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Run time: 133 min
  • Premiere: 1957. April 30.

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 engaged to the family's son Yukio, now dying of consumption. He's tended by his sister Yuko who's angry at Komako for abandoning her brother. Shimamura returns to Tokyo but promises he will be back soon. In anticipation of his return, Komako breaks with her patron and her family loses their home. Complications arise when Shimamura doesn't come back as promised. Then Komako discovers that he and Yuko knew each other in Tokyo. Can Komako escape destiny?

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Art

Makoto Sono

Art Direction

Kisaku Ito

Art Direction

Camera

Jun Yasumoto

Director of Photography

Directing

Shirō Toyoda

Director

Tsutomu Nakamura

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Shigeru Mori

Lighting Technician

Production

Ichirō Satō

Executive Producer

Sound

Masao Fujiyoshi

Sound Recordist

Ikuma Dan

Original Music Composer

Writing

Toshio Yasumi

Screenplay

Yasunari Kawabata

Original Story

Art

Makoto Sono

Art Direction

Kisaku Ito

Art Direction

Camera

Jun Yasumoto

Director of Photography

Directing

Shirō Toyoda

Director

Tsutomu Nakamura

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Shigeru Mori

Lighting Technician

Production

Ichirō Satō

Executive Producer

Sound

Masao Fujiyoshi

Sound Recordist

Ikuma Dan

Original Music Composer

Writing

Toshio Yasumi

Screenplay

Yasunari Kawabata

Original Story