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.
Release Date
December 29, 1947Runtime
116 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Teinosuke KinugasaWritten by
Eijirō Hisaita, Teinosuke KinugasaLanguage
JapaneseBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Isuzu Yamada
Sumako MatsuiYoshi Hijikata
Hōgetsu ShimamuraNoriko Sengoku
daughter KunikoHajime Izu
Tetsuo MizushimaEitarō Shindō
Dr. OkuboKenji Susukida
Keisuke FukuharaTatsuya Ishiguro
Yozo HiraiHyo Kitazawa
Shirō HarutaYumi Takano
Kyōko TotsukaTakashi Shimura
Genshirō KuramotoMasao Mishima
Heisuke GakuyabanFudeko Tanaka
Playing the shamisen