
Actress
During the late Meiji period, at the beginning of the twentieth century, Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu, a scholar who brought European realism to the Japanese stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society.
Cast

Isuzu Yamada
Sumako Matsui

Noriko Sengoku
daughter Kuniko

Fudeko Tanaka
Playing the shamisen

Yoshi Hijikata
Hōgetsu Shimamura

Tatsuya Ishiguro
Yozo Hirai

Hyo Kitazawa
Shirō Haruta

Akitake Kōno
Haruyoshi Kobayashi

Hajime Izu
Tetsuo Mizushima

Shin Date
Kiyozumi

Eitarō Shindō
Dr. Okubo

Takashi Shimura
Genshirō Kuramoto

Masao Mishima
Heisuke Gakuyaban