Snow Country (film)

is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Shirō Toyoda, based on the novel of the same name by Yasunari Kawabata. The film was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

• Ryō Ikebe as Shimamura
• Keiko Kishi as Komako
• Kaoru Yachigusa as Yoko
• Daisuke Katō
• Akira Kubo
• Hisaya Morishige as Yukio
• Chieko Naniwa as Head maid
• Haruo Tanaka as Porter

Awards

Screenwriter Toshio Yasumi received the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Screenplay for Snow Country and Chieko-shō.

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