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Snow Country

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Original title

Yukiguni

Year

1957

Running time

120 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Shirô Toyoda

Screenwriter

Toshio Yasumi. Novel: Yasunari Kawabata

Cast

Music

Ikuma Dan

Cinematography

Jun Yasumoto (B&W)

Producer

Toho

Genre

Drama

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 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?

Awards: 1958: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)

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Snow Country

1957

Shirô Toyoda

6.7

(24)