Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

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…

• Release date
• October 11, 1959
• Runtime
• 99 min
• Genres
• Drama, History
• Director
• Keigo Kimura

Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa Kitagawa Utamaro Chikage Awashima Yasuko Nakada Keiko Awaji Hitomi Nozoe Fujiko Yamamoto Ikuko Mōri Masumi Harukawa