An Actor's Revenge
An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
Kazuo Hasegawa
Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
Tokusaburo Arashi
Kikunojō Nakamura
Kokuten Kōdō
Dobu
Akiko Chihaya
Namiji
Naoe Fushimi
Ohatsu
Eiko Takamatsu
Namiji's nanny
Hideo Fujino
Wakita
Yasurō Shiga
Kōhei
Ichiro Yuki
Official Okubo
An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
Nagasaki, 1964: Following the death of his Yakuza father, 15-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wings of a famous Kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor’s only son, he decides to dedicate himself to this traditional form of theatre. For decades, the two young men grow and evolve together – and one will become the greatest Japanese master of the art of Kabuki.
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