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4/23/1956
Based on the novel by Shofu Muramatsu, the film is dedicated to the actors of the renowned Japanese Kabuki theatre. Set in Japan in 1885, the story follows Kikunosuke Onoe, the adopted son of a famous Kabuki actor. Kikunosuke’s father teaches him professional acting skills, preparing him to become his successor and continue the acting dynasty. However, Kikunosuke leaves his family, much to his father’s dismay, to hone his craft outside of Tokyo and moves to Osaka.

Kazuo Hasegawa
as Kikunosuke

Chikage Awashima
as Otoku

Tamao Nakamura
as Otsuru

Mitsuko Yoshikawa
as Sato

Chieko Naniwa
as Omoto

Yataro Kurokawa
as Sudayû Sakae

Bontarō Miake
as Kan'ya Morita

Eigorō Onoe
as Matsusuke Onoe

Michiko Ai
as Yoneko

Tokiko Mita
as Kofumi

Ichirō Izawa
as Fukusuke Nakamura

Kodayu Ichikawa
as Shikan Nakamura
Sumizô Ichikawa
as Kikugorô's attendant
San'emon Arashi
as Rishô Arashi

Sawamura Sōjūrō IX
as Kikugorô V

Yūsaku Terashima
as Tamizô Onoe
Shinobu Araki
as Inn master
Ryōnosuke Azuma
as Member of travelling actors
Hiroshi Ueda
as Customer of theater restaurant

Shōzō Nanbu
as Doctor
Ichirō Amano
as Head of travelling actors

Kōichi Mizuhara
as Owner of Asahiza