The frustrated Japanese painter Shimamura (played by Ryo Ikebe) travels around the country and passes through a place called Snow Country on his way. [Expand All]
The frustrated Japanese painter Shimamura (played by Ryo Ikebe) travels around the country and passes through a place called Snow Country on his way. At a local hot spring inn, he met 19-year-old shamisen actress Komako (played by Keiko Kishi). Komako is beautiful, pure, playful and lovely. Shimamura, moved by the girl's purity, although he was in love with her, he never wanted to defile this beautiful jade. On the eve of leaving the Snow country and returning to Tokyo, these two people who admired each other but had a huge social gap finally broke free from their constraints and united. The following year, Shimamura, missing Komako, returned to the Snow Country. At this time, Komako was willing to become a geisha to earn money to treat the teacher's son, Yukio, in order to repay the teacher's nurturing kindness. The girl, Yoko (played by Kaoru Hachimura), who takes care of Koji together, has a crush on him. She hates Komako's indecision between her fiance Koji and the village of Enke Island. Of course, this also caused a sudden stir in Shimamura's heart. The second meeting between the two ended in an awkward atmosphere. Where will their love eventually lead... This film is adapted from the novella of the same name by Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata.[Collapse]
