Utamaro's World (1977)

Name: Utamaro's World
Genre: Drama
Released: 1977-09-17
Duration: 140 min
Cast: Shin Kishida, Shingo Yamashiro, Mikio Narita, Eiji Okada, Ryōhei Uchida

Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.