Utamaro and His Five Women

Dec 17, 1946

1h 34m

★ 7.1

Overview

Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women in his life vie for lovers. And, occasionally, his art gets him into trouble.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Utamaro

Bandō Mitsugorō VIII

Okita

Kinuyo Tanaka

Seinosuke

Kōtarō Bandō

Oran

Hiroko Kawasaki

Takasode

Toshiko Iizuka

Oman

Kyōko Kusajima

Yukie

Eiko Ohara

Shozaburo

Shôtarô Nakamura

Oshin

Kiniko Shiratao

Takemaro

Minpei Tomimoto

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