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Beauty (1946)
Directed by Kunio Watanabe
Drama · 1h 38m
The story is based on the life of a poet who lived in Japan in the Taisho era. When her fiancé is arrested she believes he has suddenly disappeared and that he has abandoned her. She faces a dilemma. Despite her family being of a high class, they do not have money, which means she has to get married to someone who does. This drives her to marriage with an older man whose sole affection is directed at her looks and outside. Then she meets her freed fiancé.
Cast
Setsuko Hara
Susumu Fujita
Masao Shimizu
Eitarō Shindō
Toshiko Hatori
Haruo Tanaka
Yuriko Hanabusa
Rikie Sanjō
Crew
- Director
- Kunio Watanabe
- Screenplay
- Toshio Yasumi
- Director of Photography
- Kiyoe Kawamura
- Producer
- Sōjirō Motoki, Ryo Takei
Details
- Original title
- 麗人
- Release date
- 1946-05-16
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- TOHO