Japan,
1947, 96 min
Directed by:
Kenji MizoguchiScreenplay:
Yoshikata YodaCast:
Kinuyo Tanaka, Sō Yamamura, Chieko Higashiyama, Eijirō Tōno, Eitarô Ozawa, 南部彰三, Koreya Senda, Hiroshi Nihon'yanagiPlots(1)
A director of western theater struggles to hold his company together after he deserts his family to be with a forthright actress. (Shochiku)
Cast
![Kinuyo Tanaka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271623_771b58.jpg)
Kinuyo Tanaka
Japan
Best movies:
Red Beard (1965)
Equinox Flower (1958)
Ballad of Narayama (1958)
![Sō Yamamura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950077_1d32fc.jpg)
Sō Yamamura
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Revenge (1963)
![Chieko Higashiyama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272540_e8cc86.jpg)
Chieko Higashiyama
Japan
Best movies:
Early Summer (1951)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Saikaku: Life of a Woman (1952)
![Eijirō Tōno](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/615/158615754_9991c8.jpg)
Eijirō Tōno
Japan
Best movies:
Revenge (1963)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Eitarô Ozawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
Steel Edge of Revenge (1969) - narrator
南部彰三
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
Legend of Bailiff Sansho (1954)
Koreya Senda
Japan
Best movies:
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Gate of Hell (1953)
My Love Has Been Burning (1949)
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Early Summer (1951)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)