
Plot
In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.
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Cast

Shōtarō Hanayagi
Kikunosuke Onoue

Kōkichi Takada
Fukusuke Nakamura

Gonjurô Kawarazaki
Kikugoro Onoue

Kakuko Mori
Otoku

Tokusaburo Arashi
Shikan Nakamura

Yōko Umemura
Osata

Ryôtarô Kawanami
Eiju Dayu

Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Matsusuke Onoue

Jun'nosuke Hayama
Kanya Morita

Tamitaro Onoe
Tamizô Onoue

Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Tamijirô Onoue

Nobuko Fushimi
Geisha Eiryu

Kikuko Hanaoka
Geisha Konaka

Yoshie Nakagawa
Tea Shop Lady

Benkei Shiganoya
Masseur Genshun

Yoneko Mogami
Otsuru

Sumao Ishihara
Touring theatre manager Onishi

Kô Hirota
Touring theatre staff

Eijirō Hose
Touring theatre actor

Ichiro Yuki
Hotel lodger

Fujiko Shirakawa

Kōmei Minami
Shintomiza manager

Jinichi Amano

Haruo Inoue

Minpei Tomimoto