Actress
1947Sumako, 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.
Acted in
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
Hyo Kitazawa
as Shirō Haruta
Yumi Takano
as Kyōko Totsuka
Yasushi Nagata
as Hiroo Takahama
Takashi Shimura
as Genshirō Kuramoto
Masao Mishima
as Heisuke Gakuyaban
Akitake Kōno
as Haruyoshi Kobayashi
Fudeko Tanaka
as Playing the shamisen
