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The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947) — Ligoscope

The Love of the Actress Sumako

Film · 1947

The Love of the Actress Sumako

96 min · Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

7.06
ratings

Stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family to be with her, while trying to keep his Art Theatre solvent.

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka

Sumako Matsui

So Yamamura

So Yamamura

Hôgetsu Shimamura

Kikue Mōri

Chieko Higashiyama

Chieko Higashiyama

Kyōko Asagiri

Kyōko Asagiri

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Teruko Kishi

Teruko Kishi

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Sugisaku Aoyama

Hideo Saeki

Kōmei Minami

Kōmei Minami

Koreya Senda

Koreya Senda

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Mitsuo Nagata

Chiaki Tsukioka

Chiaki Tsukioka

Shōzō Nanbu

Shōzō Nanbu

Minpei Tomimoto

Tomo'o Nagai

Tomo'o Nagai

Hisao Kokuboda

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada

Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura

Yōichi Numata

Yōichi Numata

Eijirō Hose

Kanichi Kato

Crew

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Producer: Hisao Itoya
Writer: Yoshikata Yoda
Editor: Tazuko Sakane
Cinematography: Shigeto Miki
Art Direction: Isamu Motoki
Composer: Hisato Osawa

Details

Studios: Shochiku
Countries: Japan
Languages: Japanese
Release: August 16, 1947

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