the genres:

Storyline:

It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love. She's the foster daughter of a local family, almost engaged to the family's son Yukio, now dying of consumption. He's tended by his sister Yuko who's angry at Komako for abandoning her brother. Shimamura returns to Tokyo but promises he will be back soon. In anticipation of his return, Komako breaks with her patron and her family loses their home. Complications arise when Shimamura doesn't come back as promised. Then Komako discovers that he and Yuko knew each other in Tokyo. Can Komako escape destiny?

Cast:

Ryō Ikebe

as Shimamura

Keiko Kishi

as Komako

Kaoru Yachigusa

as Yôko

Akira Kubo

as Saichiro

Haruo Tanaka

as Porter

Akira Nakamura

as Yukio

Chieko Naniwa

as Otatsu

Jun Tatara

as

Mineko Yorozuyo

as Geisha Kikuyu

Kumeko Urabe

as

Yasuko Nakada

as Hanae

Haruko Tōgō

as

Noriko Sengoku

as Masseuse

Eiko Miyoshi

as Teacher

Hisaya Morishige

as Imura

Daisuke Katō

as Inn proprietor

Akira Tani

as

Kiyomi Mizunoya

as

Fukami Harue

as

Senkichi Ōmura

as

Ikio Sawamura

as

Tsuruko Mano

as

Chie Iwazaki

as

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

as

Yaeko Izumo

as

Gorô Sakurai

as

Etsuko Ichihara

as