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

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