Utamaro and His Five Women

Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the Tokyo brothels provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women vie for lovers, and, occasionally, his art gets him into trouble.

Cast

Bandō Mitsugorō VIII

as Utamaro

Kinuyo Tanaka

as Okita

Kōtarō Bandō

as Seinosuke

Hiroko Kawasaki

as Oran

Toshiko Iizuka

as Takasode

Kyōko Kusajima

as Oman

Eiko Ohara

as Yukie

Shôtarô Nakamura

as Shozaburo

Kiniko Shiratao

as Oshin

Minpei Tomimoto

as Takemaro

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