Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Stars: Minosuke Bandô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôtarô Bandô
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women in his life vie for lovers. And, occasionally, his art gets him into trouble.