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An Actor's Revenge
Overview
An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
Director and cast
- Teinosuke Kinugasa Director
- Kazuo Hasegawa as Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
- Tokusaburo Arashi as Kikunojō Nakamura
- Kokuten Kōdō as Dobu
- Akiko Chihaya as Namiji
- Naoe Fushimi as Ohatsu
- Eiko Takamatsu as Namiji's nanny
- Hideo Fujino as Wakita
- Yasurō Shiga as Kōhei
- Ichiro Yuki as Official Okubo
- Tetsu Tsuboi as Hermit
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