---
title: 'Epitome (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kaneto Shindō'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 131
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/epitome-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046308/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Epitome (1953)

1953 · 131 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 縮図

## Synopsis

Epitome  is a 1953 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō, based on an unfinished novel by Shūsei Tokuda.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kaneto Shindō](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaneto-shindo)
- **Screenplay:** [Kaneto Shindō](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaneto-shindo)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Akira Ifukube](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-ifukube)
- **Producer:** [Kōzaburō Yoshimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/kozaburo-yoshimura)
- **Director of Photography:** [Takeo Itō](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeo-ito)

## Cast

- [Nobuko Otowa](https://cinepixo.com/people/nobuko-otowa)
- [Tanie Kitabayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/tanie-kitabayashi)
- [Sadako Sawamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/sadako-sawamura)
- [Osamu Takizawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/osamu-takizawa)
- [Yoichi Numata](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoichi-numata)
- [Ichirō Sugai](https://cinepixo.com/people/ichiro-sugai)
- [Sumiko Hidaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/sumiko-hidaka)
- [Sō Yamamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/so-yamamura)
- [Taiji Tonoyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/taiji-tonoyama)
- [Masao Shimizu](https://cinepixo.com/people/masao-shimizu)
- [Yuriko Hanabusa](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuriko-hanabusa)
- [Isuzu Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/isuzu-yamada)
- [Jūkichi Uno](https://cinepixo.com/people/jukichi-uno)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/epitome-1953
Film facts: Wikidata (Q5383731); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.