An Actor's Revenge (1963)

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113 min - Drama - 16 June 1971 (USA)

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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... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Kazuo Hasegawa	...	Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
	Fujiko Yamamoto	...	Ohatsu
	Ayako Wakao	...	Namiji
	Eiji Funakoshi	...	Heima Kadokura
	Narutoshi Hayashi	...	Mukuzu
	Eijirô Yanagi	...	Hiromi-ya
	Chûsha Ichikawa	...	Kikunojo Nakamura
	Ganjirô Nakamura	...	Sansai Dobe
	Saburô Date	...	Kawaguchi-ya
	Jun Hamamura	...	Isshosai
	Kikue Môri	...	Cruel Old Woman
	Masayoshi Kikuno	...	Yukinojo's Father
	Raizô Ichikawa	...	Hirutaro
	Shintarô Katsu	...	Hojin
	Yutaka Nakayama	...	Townsman

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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 <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>

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Drama

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

16 June 1971 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

La rivincita di Yuki-no-jo See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Daiei Studios See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min | Argentina: 115 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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Trivia

Originally designed as a tribute to actor Kazuo Hasegawa, whose 300th film this was. The film was based Teinosuke Kinugasa's Yukinojo henge which also starred Hasegawa in the same dual role. See more »

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Version of Yukinojo henge (1935) See more »

An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Yukinojô henge (original title)

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