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
Shimamura
Keiko Kishi
Komako
Kaoru Yachigusa
Yôko
Akira Kubo
Saichiro
Haruo Tanaka
Porter
Akira Nakamura
Yukio
Chieko Naniwa
Otatsu
Jun Tatara
Unknown
Mineko Yorozuyo
Geisha Kikuyu
Kumeko Urabe
Unknown
Yasuko Nakada
Hanae
Haruko Tōgō
Unknown
Noriko Sengoku
Masseuse
Eiko Miyoshi
Teacher
Hisaya Morishige
Imura
Daisuke Katō
Inn proprietor
Akira Tani
Unknown
Kiyomi Mizunoya
Unknown
Fukami Harue
Unknown
Senkichi Ōmura
Unknown
Ikio Sawamura
Unknown
Tsuruko Mano
Unknown
Chie Iwazaki
Unknown
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Unknown
Yaeko Izumo
Unknown
Gorô Sakurai
Unknown
Etsuko Ichihara
Unknown
Crew
Shirō Toyoda
Director
Toshio Yasumi
Screenplay
Yasunari Kawabata
Novel
Kôichi Iwashita
Editor
Jun Yasumoto
Director of Photography
Tsutomu Nakamura
Assistant Director
Ichirō Satō
Executive Producer
Masao Fujiyoshi
Sound Recordist
Shigeru Mori
Lighting Technician
Ikuma Dan
Original Music Composer
Kisaku Ito
Art Direction
Makoto Sono
Art Direction
