Yukinojo, a Kabuki actor, seeks revenge by destroying the three men who caused the deaths of his parents. Also involved are the daughter of one of Yukinojo's targets, two master thieves, and a swordsman who himself is out to kill Yukinojo.
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| Kazuo Hasegawa | ... |
Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
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| Fujiko Yamamoto | ... |
Ohatsu
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| Ayako Wakao | ... |
Namiji
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| Eiji Funakoshi | ... |
Heima Kadokura
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Narutoshi Hayashi | ... |
Mukuzu
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| Eijirô Yanagi | ... |
Hiromi-ya
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Chûsha Ichikawa | ... |
Kikunojo Nakamura
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| Ganjirô Nakamura | ... |
Sansai Dobe
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| Yutaka Nakayama | ... |
Townsman
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Chitose Maki | ... |
Townswoman
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Toshio Chiba | ... |
Ronin
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| Kôichi Mizuhara | ... |
Dobe's Man
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| Saburô Date | ... |
Kawaguchi-ya
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Shirô Ôtsuji | ... |
Civil Guardsman
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| Jun Hamamura | ... |
Isshosai
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| Kikue Môri | ... |
Cruel Old Woman
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| Yoshi Katô | ... |
Shogun's Retainer
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Eigorô Onoe | ... |
Shogun
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Tokio Oki | ... |
Civil Guardsman
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Masayoshi Kikuno | ... |
Yukinojo's Father
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Hajime Koshikawa |
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Akira Shiga |
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Gen Kimura |
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Takeo Inoue |
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Takeshi Yabuya |
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Jun Arimura |
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Akira Konami |
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Keiko Koyanagi |
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| Raizô Ichikawa | ... |
Hirutaro
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| Shintarô Katsu | ... |
Hojin
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Musei Tokugawa | ... |
Narrator
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Directed by
| Kon Ichikawa | ||
Written by
| Kon Ichikawa | ... | (developed by) (creator) & |
| Hiroaki Fujii | ... | (developed by) (creator) & |
| Tomio Takamori | ... | (developed by) (creator) |
| Otokichi Mikami | ... | (based on the novel by) |
| Daisuke Itô | ... | (adapted by) and |
| Teinosuke Kinugasa | ... | (adapted by) |
| Natto Wada | ... | (screenplay by) |
Produced by
| Masaichi Nagata | ... | producer |
Music by
| Yasushi Akutagawa | ||
| Tamekichi Mochizuki | ... | (Japanese music) |
| Masao Yagi | ||
Cinematography by
| Setsuo Kobayashi | ||
Editing by
| Shigeo Nishida | ||
Editorial Department
| Toshio Kajitani | ... | color technician |
Production Design by
| Yoshinobu Nishioka | ||
Set Decoration by
| Kazuo Kajitani | ||
Costume Design by
| Yoshio Ueno | ||
Production Management
| Tadao Murakami | ... | production manager / production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Akira Inoue | ... | assistant director |
| Masaya Nakamura | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Tôru Kurashima | ... | sound effects |
| Iwao Ôtani | ... | sound designer |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Kenichi Okamoto | ... | gaffer |
Music Department
| Yasushi Akutagawa | ... | composer: additional music |
| Yashichi Takezawa | ... | Ko'on |
Additional Crew
| Kangoro Fujima | ... | stage choreography |
| Kazuo Ikehiro | ... | collaboration |
| Hiroya Katô | ... | collaboration |
| Shôhei Miyauchi | ... | action choreographer |
| Senkichirô Takeda | ... | collaboration |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Daiei (1963) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Carlotta Films (2020) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- AnimEigo (2008) (Canada) (DVD)
- AnimEigo (2008) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- BFI Video (2003) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- British Film Institute (BFI) (2003) (United Kingdom) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Kadokawa (2015) (Japan) (DVD)
- New Yorker Films (1971) (United States) (subtitled)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- The Criterion Collection (2018) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- The Criterion Collection (2018) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
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While performing in a touring kabuki troupe, leading female impersonator Yukinojo comes across the three men who drove his parents to suicide twenty years earlier, and plans his revenge, firstly by seducing the daughter of one of them, secondly by ruining them...
Written by Michael Brooke |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Originally designed as a tribute to actor Kazuo Hasegawa, whose 300th film this was. The film was based Teinosuke Kinugasa's An Actor's Revenge Part 1 (1935) which also starred Hasegawa in the same dual role. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Version of An Actor's Revenge Part 1 (1935). See more » |