Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna
106 min
Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the Tokyo brothels provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women vie for lovers, and, occasionally, his art gets him into trouble.
- Release date
- December 15, 1946
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Tamezô Mochizuki, Hisato Osawa
Where to watch
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Cast
- Minosuke Bandô as Utamaro
- Kinuyo Tanaka as Okita
- Kôtarô Bandô as Seinosuke
- Hiroko Kawasaki as Oran
- Toshiko Iizuka as Takasode
- Kyôko Kusajima as Oman
- Eiko Ôhara as Yukie
- Shôtarô Nakamura as Shozaburo
- Kiniko Shiratao as Oshin
- Minpei Tomimoto as Takemaro
Crew
- Kenji Mizoguchi · Director
- Kanji Kunieda · Writer
- Yoshikata Yoda · Writer
- Tamezô Mochizuki · Composer
- Hisato Osawa · Composer
- Minoru Miki · Cinematographer
- Shintarô Miyamoto · Editor
- Isamu Motoki · Production designer