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Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

1959 • 1h39m Drama, History

Popularity

1

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…

Details

Director

Keigo Kimura

Screenplay

Keigo Kimura

Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa

Chikage Awashima

Yasuko Nakada

Release date

10/11/1959

Status

Released

Origin country

JP