Actress

1947 116 min Drama

During the late Meiji period, at the beginning of the twentieth century, Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu, a scholar who brought European realism to the Japanese stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society.

director Teinosuke Kinugasa

writers Teinosuke Kinugasa, Eijiro Hisaita