Utamaro's World

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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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

140 minutes

Year:

1977

Director:

Akio Jissoji

Cast:
Shin Kishida

Utamaro

Shingo Yamashiro

Mikio Narita

Juzaburo Tsutaya

Eiji Okada

Tanuma

Ryôhei Uchida

Crew:
Ryouhei Hirose

Original Music Composer

Masaru Takesue

Writer

Akio Jissoji

Director

Masao Nakabori

Director of Photography

Yoshinobu Nishioka

Production Design