Actress

Actress

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.

Top Cast

Isuzu Yamada

As Sumako Matsui

Yoshi Hijikata

As Hōgetsu Shimamura

Ranko Akagi

As Mrs. Itsuko

Noriko Sengoku

As daughter Kuniko

Fusako Fujima

As Chika, Itoko's mother

Hajime Izu

As Tetsuo Mizushima

Eitarō Shindō

As Dr. Okubo

Shin Date

As Kiyozumi

Kenji Susukida

As Keisuke Fukuhara

Tatsuya Ishiguro

As Yozo Hirai