The train came out of the long tunnel into the snow country. The land lay white under the night sky.
The opening lines of Yasunari Kawabata¡¯s 1935 novel ¡°Snow Country¡± are among the most famous in Japanese literature. Now, to mark the 50th anniversary of the writer and Nobel laureate¡¯s death on April 16, 1972, NHK is set to air a of the novel.
The tale of an urban Tokyoite¡¯s ill-fated relationship with a rural geisha was shot onsite in Fukushima Prefecture and features Issei Takahashi in the role of protagonist Shimamura.
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