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.
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
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
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