Actress

Overview

During the late Meiji period, at the beginning of the twentieth century, Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu, a scholar who brought European realism to the Japanese stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society.

Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa

Top cast

Isuzu Yamada

Sumako Matsui

Yoshi Hijikata

Hōgetsu Shimamura

R

Ranko Akagi

Mrs. Itsuko

Noriko Sengoku

daughter Kuniko

F

Fusako Fujima

Chika, Itoko's mother

Hajime Izu

Tetsuo Mizushima

Eitarō Shindō

Dr. Okubo

Shin Date

Kiyozumi

K

Kenji Susukida

Keisuke Fukuhara

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Yozo Hirai

Hyo Kitazawa

Shirō Haruta

Y

Yumi Takano

Kyōko Totsuka

Y

Yasushi Nagata

Hiroo Takahama

Takashi Shimura

Genshirō Kuramoto

Masao Mishima

Heisuke Gakuyaban

Akitake Kōno

Haruyoshi Kobayashi

Fudeko Tanaka

Playing the shamisen

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