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Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 11, 1959

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

Drama, History

Original Title

歌麿をめぐる五人の女

Production Companies

Daiei Film

Director

Keigo Kimura

Description

Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro's model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro's fame and tries to compromise him…