Snow Country (film)

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]

Snow Country
Original Japanese poster
Directed by	Shirō Toyoda
Written by	Toshio Yasumi
Based on	Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
Starring	Ryō Ikebe Keiko Kishi Kaoru Yachigusa
Cinematography	Jun Yasumoto
Edited by	Koichi Iwashita
Music by	Ikuma Dan
Production company	Toho
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	27 April 1957 (1957-04-27) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time	133 minutes[1][2]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Ryō Ikebe as Shimamura
• Keiko Kishi as Komako
• Kaoru Yachigusa as Yoko
• Daisuke Katō
• Akira Kubo
• Hisaya Morishige as Yukio
• Chieko Naniwa as Head maid
• Haruo Tanaka as Porter

Awards

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