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
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Bandō Mitsugorō VIII
Utamaro
Kinuyo Tanaka
Okita
Kōtarō Bandō
Seinosuke
Hiroko Kawasaki
Oran
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