Actress (1947)
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.
Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa
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Isuzu Yamada as Sumako Matsui |
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Yoshi Hijikata as Hōgetsu Shimamura |
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Ranko Akagi as Mrs. Itsuko |
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Noriko Sengoku as daughter Kuniko |
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Fusako Fujima as Chika, Itoko's mother |
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Hajime Izu as Tetsuo Mizushima |
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Eitarō Shindō as Dr. Okubo |
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Shin Date as Kiyozumi |
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Kenji Susukida as Keisuke Fukuhara |
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Tatsuya Ishiguro as Yozo Hirai |
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Hyo Kitazawa as Shirō Haruta |
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Yumi Takano as Kyōko Totsuka |
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Yasushi Nagata as Hiroo Takahama |
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Takashi Shimura as Genshirō Kuramoto |
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Masao Mishima as Heisuke Gakuyaban |
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Akitake Kōno as Haruyoshi Kobayashi |
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Fudeko Tanaka as Playing the shamisen |
| Directing | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Director |
| Writing | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Writer |
| Production | Keiji Matsuzaki | Producer |
| Camera | Asakazu Nakai | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Eijiro Hisaita | Writer |
| Sound | Fumio Hayasaka | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Shigeharu Yasue | Sound |