Actress
女優
Actress at SFlix. Sumako, 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.
- Genre: Drama
- Country: Japan
- Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Cast: Isuzu Yamada, Yoshi Hijikata, Ranko Akagi, Noriko Sengoku, Fusako Fujima, Hajime Izu, Eitarō Shindō, Shin Date, Kenji Susukida, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Hyo Kitazawa, Yumi Takano, Yasushi Nagata, Takashi Shimura, Masao Mishima, Akitake Kōno, Fudeko Tanaka,
