Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Starring Shōtarō Hanayagi · Kakuko Mori · Kōkichi Takada · Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Original language: Japanese
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In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that the praise he receives is only due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully joins him.
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Cast
- Shōtarō HanayagiKikunosuke Onoue
- Kakuko MoriOtoku
- Kōkichi TakadaFukusuke Nakamura
- Kinnosuke TakamatsuMatsusuke Onoue
- Gonjurô KawarazakiKikugoro Onoue
- Benkei ShiganoyaMasseur Genshun
- Kikuko HanaokaGeisha Konaka
- Nobuko FushimiGeisha Eiryu
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- Directed by
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Written by
- Matsutarō Kawaguchi, Yoshikata Yoda, Shôfû Muramatsu
- Released
- 1939-10-13
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
