An Actor's Revenge
1959 · 85 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama
Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who plays female roles). But hidden behind the placid expression of his stage face is a deep grudge for the men responsible for dishonoring his parents' names and leading them to suicide when he was still a child. When he discovers that the mastermind behind those crimes has come to see him act onstage, he begins in earnest to plot his revenge. With the help of a renowned Robin Hood-like thief named Yamitaro, he makes out his first target: the daughter of the man who orchestrated his parents' demise.
Directed by Masahiro Makino · Written by Hyōgo Suzuki
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Hashizo Ōkawa 
Chikage Awashima 
Keiko Okawa 
Tomisaburō Wakayama 
Eitarō Shindō 
Yataro Kurokawa 
Shinobu Chihara 
Yoshio Yoshida 
Sonosuke Sawamura 
Kunio Kaga 
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