Utamaro's World (1977)

5.6/10 140 min Drama

Overview

Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.

Cast

Shin Kishida

Utamaro

Shingo Yamashiro

Mikio Narita

Juzaburo Tsutaya

Eiji Okada

Tanuma

Ryōhei Uchida

Tadao Nakamaru

Shimizu

Isao Tamagawa

Akiji Kobayashi

Isao Bitō

Masami Horiuchi

Minori Terada

Kantarō Suga

Ben Hiura

Katsumi Muramatsu

Sabu Kawahara

Katsumasa Uchida

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