Film · 1955

The Beauty and the Dragon

Name: The Beauty and the Dragon
Director: Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Genre: History
Released: 1955-10-03

99 min · Directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura

History

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A powerful priest uses his magical abilities to imprison the rain gods within a waterfall, causing a devastating drought. The imperial court sends a princess to his remote mountain retreat to seduce him and break his spiritual concentration.

Cast

Chiyonosuke Azuma

Nobuko Otowa

Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Sumiko Hidaka

Eijirō Kataoka

Kunitarō Kawarasaki

Shizue Kawarazaki

Yuriko Tashiro

Taiji Tonoyama

Yoshizaburo Arashi

Shônosuke Ichikawa

Yuji Kamishiro

Kikunojo Segawa

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Crew

Director: Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Producer: Yasumasa Omori, Hisao Itoya, Tengo Yamada
Writer: Kaneto Shindō
Cinematography: Yoshio Miyajima
Production Design: Takashi Marumo
Composer: Akira Ifukube
Sound: Kenjirō Tōjō

Details

Studios: Toei Company
Countries: Japan
Languages: Japanese
Release: October 3, 1955

Themes

jidaigeki

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