Utamaro, Painter of the Woman (1959)
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…
Cast
Kazuo Hasegawa
Kitagawa Utamaro
Chikage Awashima
Yasuko Nakada
Keiko Awaji
Hitomi Nozoe
Fujiko Yamamoto
Ikuko Mōri
Masumi Harukawa
Kyū Sazanka
Bontarō Miake
Seizaburō Kawazu
Mayumi Kurata
Hiroko Yajima
Tamae Kiyokawa
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