Snow Country (film) - Wikipedia
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| Snow Country | |
|---|---|
 Original Japanese poster | |
| Directed by | Shirō Toyoda |
| Written by | Toshio Yasumi |
| Based on | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jun Yasumoto |
| Edited by | Koichi Iwashita |
| Music by | Ikuma Dan |
Production | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release date | |
Running time | 133 minutes[1][2] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Snow Country (雪国, Yukiguni) is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Shirō Toyoda, based on the novel of the same name by Yasunari Kawabata.[1][2][3] The film was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
- Ryō Ikebe as Shimamura
- Keiko Kishi as Komako
- Kaoru Yachigusa as Yoko
- Daisuke Katō
- Akira Kubo
- Hisaya Morishige as Yukio
- Chieko Naniwa as Head maid
- Haruo Tanaka as Porter
Screenwriter Toshio Yasumi received the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Screenplay for Snow Country and Chieko-shō.[3]
- ^ a b c "雪国 (Yukiguni)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "雪国 (Yukiguni)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ a b Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-1461673743.
- ^ "Yukiguni". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- Snow Country at IMDb