25 May 1996
Sure Death 6
When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter suspects foul play. She recruits the services of an assassin, who by chance encounters an old friend...
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro's model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro's fame and tries to compromise him…
Top Billed Cast
長谷川一夫 Kitagawa Utamaro
淡島千景 
中田康子 
淡路恵子 
野添ひとみ 
山本ふじこ 
毛利郁子 
春川ますみ 
山茶花究 
見明凡太朗 
河津清三郎 
Mayumi Kurata Junko Mikawa 
矢島ひろ子 
清川玉枝
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