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Actress (1947)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 56M

Director : Teinosuke Kinugasa

Synopsis

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society. This is another version of Kenji Mizoguchi's film "The Love of Sumako the Actress" ("Joyû Sumako no koi"), from the same year. Both tells the story of the famous actress Sumako Mitsui (1886-1919), considered the first great modern theater actress in Japan. Mizoguchi himself is said to have preferred Kinugasa's version.

Actors

Isuzu Yamada
Isuzu Yamada
Sumako Matsui
Yoshi Hijikata
Yoshi Hijikata
Hōgetsu Shimamura
Ranko Akagi
Ranko Akagi
Mrs. Itsuko
Noriko Sengoku
Noriko Sengoku
daughter Kuniko
Fusako Fujima
Fusako Fujima
Chika, Itoko's mother
Hajime Izu
Hajime Izu
Tetsuo Mizushima
Eitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō
Dr. Okubo
Shin Date
Shin Date
Kiyozumi
Kenji Susukida
Kenji Susukida
Keisuke Fukuhara
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Yozo Hirai
Hyo Kitazawa
Hyo Kitazawa
Shirō Haruta
Yumi Takano
Yumi Takano
Kyōko Totsuka
Yasushi Nagata
Yasushi Nagata
Hiroo Takahama
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
Genshirō Kuramoto
Masao Mishima
Masao Mishima
Heisuke Gakuyaban
Akitake Kôno
Akitake Kôno
Haruyoshi Kobayashi
Fudeko Tanaka
Fudeko Tanaka
Playing the shamisen

Crews

Teinosuke Kinugasa
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Director
Keiji Matsuzaki
Keiji Matsuzaki
Producer
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Writer
Eijirô Hisaita
Eijirô Hisaita
Writer
Asakazu Nakai
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Fumio Hayasaka
Fumio Hayasaka
Music

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