Actress
女優
Release: 1947-12-29
·Runtime: 116m
Drama
Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society. This is another version of Kenji Mizoguchi's film "The Love of Sumako the Actress" ("Joyû Sumako no koi"), from the same year. Both tells the story of the famous actress Sumako Mitsui (1886-1919), considered the first great modern theater actress in Japan. Mizoguchi himself is said to have preferred Kinugasa's version.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Cast
Isuzu Yamada
as Sumako Matsui
Tatsuya Ishiguro
as Yozo Hirai
Yumi Takano
as Kyōko Totsuka
Masao Mishima
as Heisuke Gakuyaban
Yoshi Hijikata
as Hōgetsu Shimamura
Noriko Sengoku
as daughter Kuniko
Hajime Izu
as Tetsuo Mizushima
Eitarō Shindō
as Dr. Okubo
Kenji Susukida
as Keisuke Fukuhara
Hyo Kitazawa
as Shirō Haruta
Takashi Shimura
as Genshirō Kuramoto
Fudeko Tanaka
as Playing the shamisen
