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An Actor's Revenge

5.6/ 1019351h 37m

DramaHistory

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.

Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Kazuo Hasegawa

Kazuo Hasegawa

Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi)

Tokusaburo Arashi

Kikunojō Nakamura

Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten Kōdō

Dobu

Akiko Chihaya

Akiko Chihaya

Namiji

Naoe Fushimi

Naoe Fushimi

Ohatsu

Eiko Takamatsu

Namiji's nanny

Hideo Fujino

Hideo Fujino

Wakita

Yasurō Shiga

Yasurō Shiga

Kōhei