
Laura(1944)
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.


A young woman takes up her new job as the servant of a noblewoman and soon discovers that underneath her facade of luxury lies great unhappiness.

Michiyo Kogure
Yuki Shinano

Ken Uehara
Masaya Kikunaka

Eijirō Yanagi
Naoyuki Shinano

Yoshiko Kuga
Hamako Abe
Haruya Katō
Seitaro

Yuriko Hamada
Ayako

Kumeko Urabe
San

Shizue Natsukawa
Osumi

So Yamamura
Tateoka
Toshi Komori
Sushi bartender
Portrait of Madame Yuki is a drama film released in 1950 exploring themes of portrait. Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, it stars Michiyo Kogure, Ken Uehara, Eijirō Yanagi. A young woman takes up her new job as the servant of a noblewoman and soon discovers that underneath her facade of luxury lies great unhappiness.
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