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Mood:
- AtmosphericOffbeatStylizedSuspenseful
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Plot:
- VengeanceObsessionGender BendingArtists and ShowbizGenderActor's LifeHidden IdentityObsessive Quest more...
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Genres:
- DramaPeriodForeign
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Time/Period:
- 19th Century
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Place:
- AsiaJapan
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Based on:
- Based on Short StoryRemake
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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An Actor's Revenge, 1963
Japanese
Japan
Profile of An Actor's Revenge
The mood of An Actor's Revenge is atmospheric, offbeat, and stylized. The plot centers around gender bending, obsession, and vengeance. It is a drama, foreign, and period movie. In approach, An Actor's Revenge is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. The setting is Japan. An Actor's Revenge happens in the 19th century. It is derived from a short story and a remake. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of An Actor's Revenge
Perhaps director Kon Ichikawa's most stylistically inventive film, AN ACTOR'S REVENGE was adapted from a newspaper serial written by Otokichi Mikami and stars Kazuo Hasegawa as Yukinojo Nakamura, a celebrated "oyama," or female impersonator, working with the Ichimura kabuki troupe in 1836 Edo. During a performance one night, he catches sight of Sansai Dobe (Ganjiro Nakamura), the magistrate who ordered the murder of the actor's father years before. Despite the objections of his teacher, Yukinojo is intent on taking revenge not only against Dobe but against Kawaguchiya (Saburo Date) and Kokaiya (Eijaro Yanagi), businessmen who were also involved in the crime. He intends to begin by seducing Dobe's daughter Namiji (Ayako Wakao), but when she falls in love with him after seeing him on the stage, Yukinojo begins to approach his plan differently. With rice in short supply, Kawaguchiya has tried to corner the market to best business rival Kokaiya. Yukinojo uses the situation to play the two off one another, resulting in successive tragedies for Kawaguchiya. Kokaiya's next action takes everyone by surprise. Ichikawa weds visual and narrative elements of the Kabuki theater to the conventional revenge plot in a coruscating ballet of light, color, and action.
Details
| Language: | Japanese |
| Country: | Japan |
| Release date: | 16 June 1971 |
| Runtime: | 113 min |
Cast and Crew
as Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
as Ohatsu
as Namiji
as Heima Kadokura
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