Utamaro and His Five Women
Dec 17 1946
•2h 34m
•Drama
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.
Cast
See allBandō Mitsugorō VIII
Utamaro
Kinuyo Tanaka
Okita
Kōtarō Bandō
Seinosuke
Hiroko Kawasaki
Oran
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