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{{short description|1957 Japanese drama film directed by Shirō Toyoda}}
{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Snow Country
| name = Snow Country
| image =
| image = Snow_Country_1957_Poster.gif
| caption = original Japanese poster
| caption = Original Japanese poster
| director = [[Shirō Toyoda]]
| director = [[Shirō Toyoda]]
| producer = [[Toho]]
| producer =
| writer = [[Yasunari Kawabata]] (novel)</br>
| writer = Toshio Yasumi
| starring = {{ubl|[[Ryō Ikebe]]|[[Keiko Kishi]]|[[Kaoru Yachigusa]]}}
[[Toshio Yasumi]] (writer)
| starring =
| music = [[Ikuma Dan]]
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| cinematography = Jun Yasumoto
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| music =
| editing = Koichi Iwashita
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| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = [[Toho]]
| distributor = Toho
| distributor = Toho
| released = {{Film date|1957|04|27|Japan|df=yes|ref1=<ref name="kinenote">{{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=25249 |title=雪国 (Yukiguni) |website=Kinenote |language=ja |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="jmdb">{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1957/cg001650.htm |title=雪国 (Yukiguni) |website=Japanese Movie Database |language=ja |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref>}}
| released = 1957
| runtime = 133 min.
| runtime = 133 minutes<ref name="kinenote" /><ref name="jmdb" />
| country = [[Japan]]
| country = Japan
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| language = Japanese
| awards = 1958 [[Kinema Junpo Award]] for best screenplay by [[Toshio Yasumi]]
| language = [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
| based_on = {{ubl|[[Snow Country]]|by [[Yasunari Kawabata]]}}
| budget =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
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}}
}}

'''''Snow Country''''' (雪国, Yukiguni) is a 1957 black-and-white Japanese drama film directed by [[Shirō Toyoda]] based on the novel ''[[Snow Country]]'' by [[Yasunari Kawabata]]. The film was entered into the [[1958 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3496/year/1958.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Snow Country |accessdate=2009-02-14|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
{{nihongo|'''''Snow Country'''''|雪国|Yukiguni}} is a 1957 Japanese [[drama film]] directed by [[Shirō Toyoda]], based on the ''[[Snow Country|novel of the same name]]'' by [[Yasunari Kawabata]].<ref name="kinenote" /><ref name="jmdb" /><ref name="galbraith">{{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography |publisher=Scarecrow Press |date=2008 |page=132 |isbn=978-1461673743}}</ref> The film was entered into the [[1958 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3496/year/1958.html |title=Yukiguni |access-date=14 February 2009 |work=Festival de Cannes}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Ryo Ikebe]] - Shimamura
* [[Ryō Ikebe]] as Shimamura
* [[Daisuke Kato]]
* [[Keiko Kishi]] as Komako
* [[Keiko Kishi]] - Komako
* [[Kaoru Yachigusa]] as Yoko
* [[Daisuke Katō]]
* [[Akira Kubo]]
* [[Akira Kubo]]
* [[Hisaya Morishige]] - Yukio
* [[Hisaya Morishige]] as Yukio
* [[Chieko Naniwa]] - Head maid
* [[Chieko Naniwa]] as Head maid
* [[Maruo Tanaka]] - Porter
* [[Haruo Tanaka]] as Porter

* [[Kaoru Yachigusa]] - Yoko
==Awards==
Screenwriter Toshio Yasumi received the [[Kinema Junpo]] Award for Best Screenplay for ''Snow Country'' and ''Chieko-shō''.<ref name="galbraith" />


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{imdb title|0051217}}
* {{IMDb title|0051217}}


{{Shirō Toyoda}}
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[[Category:Japanese films]]

[[Category:Black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Japanese black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1957 films]]
[[Category:1957 films]]
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[[Category:1957 drama films]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Yasunari Kawabata]]
[[Category:Films directed by Shirō Toyoda]]
[[Category:Films directed by Shirō Toyoda]]
[[Category:1950s drama films]]
[[Category:1950s Japanese films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ikuma Dan]]



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Latest revision as of 12:41, 29 August 2024

Snow Country
Original Japanese poster
Directed byShirō Toyoda
Written byToshio Yasumi
Based on
Starring
CinematographyJun Yasumoto
Edited byKoichi Iwashita
Music byIkuma Dan
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 27 April 1957 (1957-04-27) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
133 minutes[1][2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Snow Country (雪国, Yukiguni) is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Shirō Toyoda, based on the novel of the same name by Yasunari Kawabata.[1][2][3] The film was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.[4]

Cast

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Awards

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Screenwriter Toshio Yasumi received the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Screenplay for Snow Country and Chieko-shō.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "雪国 (Yukiguni)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "雪国 (Yukiguni)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-1461673743.
  4. ^ "Yukiguni". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
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