An Actor's Revenge
Yukinojô henge, feature film, 1963.
DIRECTED BY: Kon Ichikawa
CAST:
Kazuo Hasegawa (Yukinojo Nakamura / lopov Yamitaro),
Fujiko Yamamoto (Ohatsu),
Ayako Wakao (Namiji),
Eiji Funakoshi (Heima Kadokura),
Narutoshi Hayashi (Mukuzu)
SCRIPT:
Daisuke Itô,
Teinosuke Kinugasa,
Natto Wada (prema priči Otokichija Mikamija)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Setsuo Kobayashi
Synopsis:
Taking place in the first half of the 19th century, the film talks about the actor Yukinojo Nakamura. He is an onnagata, a specially trained actor who plays roles of women in kabuki. During a play he sees people responsible for the death of his parents in the audience. Twenty years earlier, when Nakamura was still a child, his parents were dishonored and forced to commit suicide. Now grown-up and determined, Nakamura plans his revenge...
35 mm, color, 113 min