
In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that the praise he receives is only due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully joins him.
Cast

Shōtarō Hanayagi
Kikunosuke Onoue

Kakuko Mori
Otoku

Kōkichi Takada
Fukusuke Nakamura
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Matsusuke Onoue
Gonjurô Kawarazaki
Kikugoro Onoue
Benkei Shiganoya
Masseur Genshun

Kikuko Hanaoka
Geisha Konaka

Nobuko Fushimi
Geisha Eiryu

Ichiro Yuki
Hotel lodger
Tokusaburo Arashi
Shikan Nakamura

Yōko Umemura
Osata
Ryôtarô Kawanami
Eiju Dayu
Jun'nosuke Hayama
Kanya Morita
Tamitaro Onoe
Tamizô Onoue
Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Tamijirô Onoue

Yoshie Nakagawa
Tea Shop Lady
Yoneko Mogami
Otsuru
Sumao Ishihara
Touring theatre manager Onishi
Kô Hirota
Touring theatre staff
Eijirō Hose
Touring theatre actor
Fujiko Shirakawa
Unknown

Kōmei Minami
Shintomiza manager
Jinichi Amano
Unknown
Haruo Inoue
Unknown
Minpei Tomimoto
Unknown
Crew

Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Screenplay
Yoshikata Yoda
Screenplay
Shôfû Muramatsu
Novel
Koshi Kawahigashi
Editor
Yozô Fuji
Director of Photography
Shigeto Miki
Director of Photography
Masami Hanaoka
Assistant Director

Tazuko Sakane
Assistant Director
Shintarô Shirai
Producer
Hiroshi Mizutani
Production Design
Kisaburo Okumura
Costume Design
Ryûichi Shikita
Sound
Senji Ito
Original Music Composer
Shiro Fukai
Original Music Composer
Tadaoto Kainoshō
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