Snow Country (film)

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{{short description|1957 Japanese drama film directed by Shirō Toyoda}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Snow Country

| image = Snow_Country_1957_Poster.gif

| caption = Original Japanese poster

| director = Shirō Toyoda

| producer =

| writer = Toshio Yasumi

| starring = {{ubl|Ryō Ikebe|Keiko Kishi|Kaoru Yachigusa}}

| music = Ikuma Dan

| cinematography = Jun Yasumoto

| editing = Koichi Iwashita

| studio = Toho

| distributor = Toho

| released = {{Film date|1957|04|27|Japan|df=yes|ref1={{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=25249 |title=雪国 (Yukiguni) |website=Kinenote |language=ja |access-date=9 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1957/cg001650.htm |title=雪国 (Yukiguni) |website=Japanese Movie Database |language=ja |access-date=9 January 2022}}}}

| runtime = 133 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| based_on = {{ubl|Snow Country|by Yasunari Kawabata}}

}}

{{nihongo|Snow Country|雪国|Yukiguni}} is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Shirō Toyoda, based on the novel of the same name by Yasunari Kawabata.{{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography |publisher=Scarecrow Press |date=2008 |page=132 |isbn=978-1461673743}} The film was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3496/year/1958.html |title=Yukiguni |access-date=14 February 2009 |work=Festival de Cannes}}