Actress (1947)

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.

Cast

Sumako Matsui
Hōgetsu Shimamura
Shirō Haruta
Kyōko Totsuka
Hiroo Takahama
Genshirō Kuramoto
Heisuke Gakuyaban
Haruyoshi Kobayashi
Playing the shamisen
Mrs. Itsuko
daughter Kuniko
Chika, Itoko's mother
Tetsuo Mizushima
Kiyozumi
Keisuke Fukuhara

Crew

Director of Photography