A Portrait of Shunkin
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- Movie: A Portrait of Shunkin / Spring Koto
- Romaji: Shunkinsho
- Japanese: 春琴抄
- Director: Katsumi Nishikawa
- Writer: Teinosuke Kinugasa, Katsumi Nishikawa, Junichiro Tanizaki
- Producer: Takeo Hori, Hideo Sasai
- Cinematographer: Kenji Hagiwara
- Release Date: December 25, 1976
- Runtime: 97 min.
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Okoto is a rich girl, who was blind since childhood. She has become distant and cold to everyone except her young servant Sasuke, whom she can trust. Without himself realizing it, he grew fond of her. One day, tragedy strikes and Koto was badly scared on her face. Sasuke couldn't bear to see her. In order to preserve the memory of her once beautiful face, he went even to take away his own sight of vision……
Cast
- Momoe Yamaguchi - Okoto
- Tomokazu Miura - Sasuke
- Moeko Ezawa - Geisha
- Akiko Kazami - Shige
- Hosei Komatsu - Ichizo
- Shoichi Kuwayama - Yohei Nukui
- Akira Nagoya - Zensuke
- Nobuo Nakamura - Harumatsu
- Takeya Nakamura - Sahei
- Ryuji Shinagawa - Senkichi
- Masahiko Tsugawa - Minoya
