Snow Country (film)

Snow Country (雪国) is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Shirō Toyoda, based on the novel of the same name by Yasunari Kawabata. The film was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

 * Ryō Ikebe as Shimamura
 * Keiko Kishi as Komako
 * Kaoru Yachigusa as Yoko
 * Daisuke Katō
 * Akira Kubo
 * Hisaya Morishige as Yukio
 * Chieko Naniwa as Head maid
 * Haruo Tanaka as Porter

Awards
Screenwriter Toshio Yasumi received the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Screenplay for Snow Country and Chieko-shō.