Snow Country (1957)

ALL 04/30/1957 (ja) Drama, Romance 133 Min
  • Release
    04/30/1957
  • Production
    TOHO
  • Rotten tomato
    67%
  • Original title
    雪国
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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?

  1. Shirō Toyoda

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Producer



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Snow Country (1957) 133 Min

ALL 04/30/1957 (ja)
Drama, Romance
  • Release 04/30/1957
  • Production
    TOHO
  • Original title 雪国
  • ja
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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?

  1. Shirō Toyoda

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Kôichi Iwashita

    Editor

  4. Producer