Plot:

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, 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 follows him.

Tags:

Actors - Crew

Shōtarō Hanayagi
Kikunosuke Onoue

Kōkichi Takada
Fukusuke Nakamura

Gonjurô Kawarazaki
Kikugoro Onoue

Kakuko Mori
Otoku

Tokusaburo Arashi
Shikan Nakamura

Yōko Umemura
Osata

Kenji Mizoguchi
Director

Shôfû Muramatsu
Novel

Yoshikata Yoda
Screenplay

Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Screenplay

Tadaoto Kainoshō
Researcher

Senji Itô
Original Music Composer

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