Utamaro and His Five Women (1972)

  • NR
  • 01/10/1972 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 34m

Overview

Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women in his life vie for lovers. And, occasionally, his art gets him into trouble.

Kenji Mizoguchi

Director

Yoshikata Yoda

Writer

Kanji Kunieda

Novel

Cast

Bandō Mitsugorō VIII's headshot

Bandō Mitsugorō VIII

Utamaro
Kinuyo Tanaka's headshot

Kinuyo Tanaka

Okita
Kōtarō Bandō's headshot

Kōtarō Bandō

Seinosuke
Hiroko Kawasaki's headshot

Hiroko Kawasaki

Oran
Toshiko Iizuka's headshot

Toshiko Iizuka

Takasode
Kyōko Kusajima's headshot

Kyōko Kusajima

Oman
Eiko Ohara's headshot

Eiko Ohara

Yukie
Shôtarô Nakamura's headshot

Shôtarô Nakamura

Shozaburo

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