"Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women in his life vie for lovers. And, occasionally, his art gets him into trouble."
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
Yoshikata Yoda
Writer
Kanji Kunieda
Novel
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Isamu Motoki
Production Design
Hisato Osawa
Original Music Composer
Shintarō Miyamoto
Editor
Minoru Miki
Director of Photography
Tamezô Mochizuki
Tadaoto Kainoshō
Researcher
Hisashi Kase
Sound
Hisao Itoya
Producer