This wildly melodramatic tale of a kabuki female impersonator who exacts a long-delayed revenge on the men who drove his parents to suicide is played out against a backdrop of comic rivalries between thieves in the Tokyo underworld. Kazuo Hasegawa plays the dual role of the actor and the thief in a film which celebrates his 300th screen appearance. A heady mixture of swooning romanticism and stylised action, with a soundtrack that ranges from traditional Japanese music to lush Hollywood strings and cocktail jazz, Kon Ichikawa's An Actor's Revenge is a cinematic tour de force.
cast: Kazuo Hasegawa .... Yukinojo Nakamura/Yamitaro the Thief /
Fujiko Yamamoto .... Ohatsu /
Ayako Wakao .... Namiji /
Eiji Funakoshi .... Heima Kadokura /
Narutoshi Hayashi .... Mukuzu /
Eijirô Yanagi .... Hiromi-ya /
Chûsha Ichikawa .... Kikunojo Nakamura /
Ganjiro Nakamura .... Sansai Dobe /
Saburo Date .... Kawaguchi-ya.
Runtime: 108 minutes
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Colour (Eastmancolor)
Also Known As:
Actor's Revenge, An (1963) (USA)
Revenge of Ukeno-Jo, The (1963)
Revenge of Yuki-No-Jo, The (1963)
Revenge of a Kabuki Actor (1963)
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