Directed by:
Kon IchikawaScreenplay:
和田夏十Cinematography:
Setsuo KobayashiComposer:
Masao YagiCast:
長谷川一夫, 山本富士子, Eiji Funakoshi, Shintarô Katsu, Ayako Wakao, Raizō Ichikawa, 中村鴈治郎, 伊達三郎, Jun HamamuraPlots(1)
Strange, sumptuous and visually stunning, this wildly melodramatic tale of a Kabuki female impersonator who exacts a long-delayed revenge on the men who drove his parents to suicide is played out against a colourful backdrop of comic rivalries between thieves in the Tokyo underworld. Kazuo Hasegawa stars, in the dual role of the actor and a thief, in a film which celebrated his 300th screen appearance. A heady cocktail of swooning romanticism and highly stylised action, with an outstanding soundtrack that ranges from traditional Japanese music to lush Hollywood strings and cocktail jazz, An Actor's Revenge is a cinematic tour de force. (British Film Institute (BFI))
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長谷川一夫
Japan
Best movies:
The Crucified Lovers (1954)
The Tale of Genji (1951)
Gate of Hell (1953)
山本富士子
Japan
Best movies:
Equinox Flower (1958)
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Eiji Funakoshi
Japan
Best movies:
Fires on the Plain (1959)
Blind Beast (1969)
The Black Test Car (1962)
Shintarô Katsu
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi at the Fire Festival (1970)
Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi (1989)
Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
Ayako Wakao
Japan
Best movies:
Red Angel (1966)
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
A Cheerful Girl (1957)
Raizō Ichikawa
Japan
Best movies:
続・忍びの者 (1963)
Shinobi no mono (1962)
Ken (1964)
中村鴈治郎
Japan
Best movies:
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
The End of Summer (1961)
Kwaidan (1964)
伊達三郎
Japan
Best movies:
続・忍びの者 (1963)
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
Jun Hamamura
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
High and Low (1963)