Epitome (film)
| Epitome | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kaneto Shindo |
| Produced by | KÅzaburÅ Yoshimura |
| Written by |
Kaneto Shindo Shūsei Tokuda |
| Starring | Nobuko Otowa |
| Cinematography | Takeo ItÅ |
Release dates |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Epitome (縮図 Shukuzu) is a 1953 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo.[1]
Plot
Ginko (Nobuko Otowa) works as a geisha to support her poor family, even though she has trained as a shoemaker to work with her father (JÅ«kichi Uno). She works first in Tokyo, then in northern Japan, and then in Tokyo again. She catches pneumonia and is carried home to die, but in the end her younger sister Tokiko dies and she lives.
Cast
- Nobuko Otowa as Ginko
- Isuzu Yamada as Tamiko
- Sumiko Hidaka as Somefuku
- SÅ Yamamura as Wakabayashi
- Akira Yamauchi as Kuramochi
- Tanie Kitabayashi as Oshima
- JÅ«kichi Uno as GinzÅ
- Taiji Tonoyama as Yamada
- IchirÅ Sugai as Isogai
- Sadako Sawamura as Isogai's wife
- Osamu Takizawa as Ino
- Chikako Hosokawa as Fujikawa's owner
- Masao Shimizu as Nagase
- Yuriko Hanabusa as Kuramochi's mother
- YÅichi Numata as Kurisu
References
External links
- Epitome at the Internet Movie Database
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