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
Jun Hamamura ... Isshosai
Kikue Môri ... Cruel Old Woman
Masayoshi Kikuno ... Yukinojo's Father
Raizô Ichikawa ... Hirutaro
Shintarô Katsu ... Hojin
Yutaka Nakayama ... Townsman

Country:Japan
Language:Japanese - ask for English subtitles
Release Date:16 June 1971 (USA)
Runtime:113 min | Argentina: 115 min
Sound Mix:Mono
Color:Color (Eastmancolor)