Epitome (film)

Epitome
Directed by Kaneto Shindo
Produced by Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Written by Kaneto Shindo
Shūsei Tokuda
Starring Nobuko Otowa
Cinematography Takeo Itō
Release date
  • 8 April 1953 (1953-04-08)
Running time
131 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Epitome (縮図, Shukuzu) is a 1953 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo.[1]

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

References

  1. "Epitome". Complete Index to World Film. 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
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