Snow Country (film) explained

Snow Country
Director:	Shirō Toyoda
Music:	Ikuma Dan
Cinematography:	Jun Yasumoto
Editing:	Koichi Iwashita
Studio:	Toho
Distributor:	Toho
Runtime:	133 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Shirō Toyoda, based on the novel of the same name by Yasunari Kawabata.^[1] The film was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Cast

• 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

Awards

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Galbraith IV, Stuart . The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography . Scarecrow Press . 2008 . 132 . 978-1461673743.
2. Web site: Yukiguni . 14 February 2009 . Festival de Cannes.