Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

1959•1h 39m

DramaHistory

Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro's model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro's fame and tries to compromise him…

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Production

Daiei Film

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa

Kazuo Hasegawa

Kitagawa Utamaro

Chikage Awashima

Chikage Awashima

Yasuko Nakada

Yasuko Nakada

Keiko Awaji

Keiko Awaji

Hitomi Nozoe

Hitomi Nozoe

Fujiko Yamamoto

Fujiko Yamamoto

Ikuko Mōri

Ikuko Mōri

Masumi Harukawa

Masumi Harukawa

Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka

Bontarō Miake

Bontarō Miake

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seizaburō Kawazu

Mayumi Kurata

Mayumi Kurata

Junko Mikawa

Hiroko Yajima

Hiroko Yajima

Tamae Kiyokawa

Tamae Kiyokawa

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