Starring: Saburo Date, Fujiko Yamamoto, Eijiro Yanagi, Musei Tokugawa, Ayako Wakao, Chusha Ichikawa, Ganjiro Nakamura, Eiji Funakoshi, Shintarô Katsu, Kazuo Hasgawa, Narutoshi Hayashi

Directed by: Kon Ichikawa

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 backdrop of comic rivalries between thieves in the Tokyo underworld. Kazuo Hasegawa plays the dual role of the actor and the thief in a film which celebrates his 300th screen appearance. A heady mixture of swooning romanticism and stylised action, with a soundtrack that ranges from traditional Japanese music to lush Hollywood strings and cocktail jazz, Kon Ichikawa's An Actor's Revenge is a cinematic tour de force.

DVD EXTRAS

Interactive menus, Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Subtitles (English)

Soundtrack Languages

 Unknown Sound Format: Japanese

Technical Details

Certification: PG
Duration: 108 mins
Format: DVD
Region: 2
Presentation: Widescreen
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen / 1:2.35 CinemaScope
Cat. No: BFIVD571(BFI VIDEO PUBLISHING)
Category: Martial Arts
Subtitles: English

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