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An Actor's Revenge

Kon Ichikawa's wildly melodramatic tale of a kabuki female impersonator who exacts a long-delayed revenge.

Period drama 1963 114 mins

Director: Kon Ichikawa

Rent for £3.50

Overview

Strange, sumptuous and visually stunning, this wildly melodramatic tale of a kabuki female impersonator who exacts a long-delayed revenge on the men who drove his parents to suicide is played out against a colourful backdrop of comic rivalries between thieves in the Tokyo underworld. Kazuo Hasegawa stars, in the dual role of the actor and a thief, in a film which celebrates his 300th screen appearance.

A heady cocktail of swooning romanticism and highly stylised action, with an outstanding soundtrack that ranges from traditional Japanese music to lush Hollywood strings and cocktail jazz, An Actor’s Revenge is a cinematic tour de force.

Director

Kon Ichikawa

Featuring

Kazuo Hasegawa , Fujiko Yamamoto , Ayako Wakao and Eiji Funakoshi

Genres

Period drama

Certificate

scenes of suicide, moderate threat

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese with English subtitles

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