
1939
In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that the praise he receives is only due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully joins him.

Shōtarō Hanayagi
Kikunosuke Onoue

Kakuko Mori
Otoku

Kōkichi Takada
Fukusuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Matsusuke Onoue

Gonjurô Kawarazaki
Kikugoro Onoue

Benkei Shiganoya
Masseur Genshun

Kikuko Hanaoka
Geisha Konaka

Nobuko Fushimi
Geisha Eiryu

Ichiro Yuki
Hotel lodger

Tokusaburo Arashi
Shikan Nakamura

Yōko Umemura
Osata

Ryôtarô Kawanami
Eiju Dayu

Jun'nosuke Hayama
Kanya Morita

Tamitaro Onoe
Tamizô Onoue

Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Tamijirô Onoue

Yoshie Nakagawa
Tea Shop Lady

Yoneko Mogami
Otsuru

Sumao Ishihara
Touring theatre manager Onishi

Kô Hirota
Touring theatre staff

Eijirō Hose
Touring theatre actor

Fujiko Shirakawa

Kōmei Minami
Shintomiza manager

Jinichi Amano

Haruo Inoue

Minpei Tomimoto

Tokyo Shaking

Forbidden Love

The Kid

Cries and Whispers

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Moby Dick

Being There

Hunger

Purple Noon

The Player

The Age of Innocence

Pocahontas

Love and Action in Osaka

Ned Kelly

Once Upon a Time in China

In the Heat of the Night

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Crazy/Beautiful

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

Made of Honor