A Design for Dying (1961)
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
Writer:
Kaneto Shindō
Machiko Kyō Shikiko Oba |
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Junko Kano | |
Tamao Nakamura | |
Ayako Wakao | |
Jiro Tamiya | |
Masayuki Mori Professor Shiraishi |
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Taketoshi Naitō | |
Eiji Funakoshi | |
Kazuko Miyakawa | |
Hiromi Ichida Model B |
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Mitsuko Tanaka Waitress |
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Noriko Hodaka Nurse |
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Sumiko Hidaka | |
Kô Sugita Kurata |
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Hisako Takihana Kiyo, the maid |
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Chikako Hosokawa | |
Ken Mitsuda | |
Chieko Murata |
Production | Masaichi Nagata | Executive Producer |
Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Screenplay |
Directing | Kōzaburō Yoshimura | Director |
Writing | Toyoko Yamasaki | Original Story |
Camera | Jôji Ohara | Director of Photography |