Mizoguchi Kenji | Japan | 142 minutes | 1939 | Japanese
The film is set in Japan in 1885. Kikunosuke Onoue, played in his movie debut by the stage actor Shotaro Hanayagi, is the adoptive son of a famous Kabuki actor, who is training to succeed his father in an illustrious career. While hypocritically praising Onoue's acting to his face, the rest of his father's troupe deride him behind his back. Otoku (Kakuko Mori), the young wet-nurse of Onoue's adoptive father's infant son, is the only one frank enough to disclose his artistic shortcomings and urge him to improve himself. When Otoku is dismissed by Onoue's family for her closeness to the young master, with its potential for scandal, Onoue is outraged and leaves Tokyo to hone his art away from his father, much to the latter's wrath. [more]
Writers: Shôfû Muramatsu (novel), Matsutarō Kawaguchi, Yoshikata Yoda
Starring: Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada, Gonjurô Kawarazaki
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