An Actor's Revenge
An Actor's Revenge ★★ Yukinojo Henge; Revenge of a Kabuki Actor 1963
In the early 19th century, a female impersonator in a Kabuki troupe takes revenge on the three men who killed his parents. Fascinating study of opposites—male/female, stage/life, love/hate. In Japanese with English subtitles. 110m/C VHS . JP Kazuo Hase-gawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Ganjiro Nakamura; D: Kon Ichikawa; W: Teinosuke Kinugasa, Daisuke Ito, Natto Wada; C: Setsuo Kobayashi; M: Yashushi Akutagawa.
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