Epitome (film)
Epitome (縮図, Shukuzu) is a 1953 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo.[1]
| Epitome | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kaneto Shindo |
| Produced by | Kōzaburō Yoshimura |
| Written by | Kaneto Shindo Shūsei Tokuda |
| Starring | Nobuko Otowa |
| Cinematography | Takeo Itō |
Release date |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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 (Jūkichi 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
- Sō Yamamura as Wakabayashi
- Akira Yamauchi as Kuramochi
- Tanie Kitabayashi as Oshima
- Jūkichi Uno as Ginzō
- Taiji Tonoyama as Yamada
- Ichirō 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
- Yōichi Numata as Kurisu
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References
- "Epitome". Complete Index to World Film. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
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