Actress (1947)
1h 56m
Running Time
December 29, 1947Release Date
Actress (1947)
1h 56m
Running Time
December 29, 1947Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Isuzu Yamada
Sumako Matsui

Yoshi Hijikata
Hōgetsu Shimamura

Ranko Akagi
Mrs. Itsuko

Michiko Araki
Actress

Noriko Sengoku
daughter Kuniko

Hisaya Morishige
Actor

Fusako Fujima
Chika, Itoko's mother

Fuyuki Murakami
Actor

Hajime Izu
Tetsuo Mizushima

Eitarō Shindō
Dr. Okubo

Shin Date
Kiyozumi

Kenji Susukida
Keisuke Fukuhara

Tatsuya Ishiguro
Yozo Hirai

Hyo Kitazawa
Shirō Haruta

Yumi Takano
Kyōko Totsuka

Yasushi Nagata
Hiroo Takahama
Media.

Details.
Release DateDecember 29, 1947
Original Name女優
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 56m
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