Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Overview

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

Status

Released

Release date

October 11, 1959

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Daiei Film

Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa,Keiko Awaji,Junko Mikawa,Hitomi Nozoe,Mayumi Kurata,Bontarō Miake,Kyū Sazanka,Hiroko Yajima,Tamae Kiyokawa,Ikuko Mōriand 5 more

Director

Keigo Kimura

Writer

Keigo Kimura

Cinematography

Hiroshi Imai

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0204718