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A Design for Dying

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A Design for Dying

6.0

1h 50m

1961

Synopsis

Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps into picture and Shikiko soon feels that he is indispensable to her. But the advent of a man in their midst breaks up the harmony that has existed among the four women, as gradually he forces himself on them with promises of love.

Director

Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Drama

Cast & Crew

Machiko Kyō

Machiko Kyō

as Shikiko Oba

Junko Kano

Junko Kano

Tamao Nakamura

Tamao Nakamura

Ayako Wakao

Ayako Wakao

Jirō Tamiya

Jirō Tamiya

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki Mori

as Professor Shiraishi

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō

Eiji Funakoshi

Eiji Funakoshi

Kazuko Miyakawa

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