Actress

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

Eijiro Hisaita, Teinosuke Kinugasa

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Release date

29 December 1947

Ensemble

Cast

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  Isuzu Yamada

  Sumako Matsui

• 

  Yoshi Hijikata

  Hōgetsu Shimamura

• Ranko Akagi

  Mrs. Itsuko

• 

  Noriko Sengoku

  daughter Kuniko

• Fusako Fujima

  Chika, Itoko's mother

• 

  Hajime Izu

  Tetsuo Mizushima

• 

  Eitarō Shindō

  Dr. Okubo

• Shin Date

  Kiyozumi

• 

  Kenji Susukida

  Keisuke Fukuhara

• 

  Tatsuya Ishiguro

  Yozo Hirai

• 

  Hyo Kitazawa

  Shirō Haruta

• 

  Yumi Takano

  Kyōko Totsuka