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The Portrait

6.719481h 13mMovieDrama

The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait.

DirectorKeisuke Kinoshita
WriterAkira Kurosawa
ProducerTakeshi Ogura

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Cast · Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita

KIKuniko Igawa
Kuniko Igawa
Midori
KMKuniko Miyake
Kuniko Miyake
Kumiko
MMMitsuko Miura
Mitsuko Miura
Yoshiko
ISIchirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai
Nomura
CHChieko Higashiyama
Chieko Higashiyama
Nomura's Wife
EOEitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa
Kaneko
KFKamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara
Tamai
KSKeiji Sada
Keiji Sada
Nakajima
YKYōko Katsuragi
Yōko Katsuragi
Yoko
TATōru Abe
Tōru Abe
Ichiro
YY
Yoshito Yamaji

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The Portrait is streaming on Criterion Channel in United States. It's not currently on Netflix.

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