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Snow Country (film)

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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox film

| name = Snow Country

| image = Snow_Country_1957_Poster.gif

| caption = Original Japanese poster

| director = Shir Toyoda

| producer =

| writer = Toshio Yasumi

| starring =

| music = Ikuma Dan

| cinematography = Jun Yasumoto

| editing = Koichi Iwashita

| studio = Toho

| distributor = Toho

| released =

| runtime = 133 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| based_on =

}}

is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Shir Toyoda, based on the 'novel of the same name' by Yasunari Kawabata. The film was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast



* Ry Ikebe as Shimamura

* Keiko Kishi as Komako

* Kaoru Yachigusa as Yoko

* Daisuke Kat

* Akira Kubo

* Hisaya Morishige as Yukio

* Chieko Naniwa as Head maid

* Haruo Tanaka as Porter

Awards



Screenwriter Toshio Yasumi received the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Screenplay for 'Snow Country' and 'Chieko-sh'.

References




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