An Actor’s Revenge DVD – Ganjirô Nakamura, Kikue Môri

Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play 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&39;s &39;An Actor&39;s Revenge&39; is a cinematic tour de force Actors Kazuo Hasegawa Fujiko Yamamoto Ayako Wakao Eiji Funakoshi Narutoshi Hayashi Eijiro Yanagi & Saburo Date Director Kon Ichikawa Certificate PG Year 1962 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages Japanese – Dolby Digital (20) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour and 48 minutes (approx)

Director Kon Ichikawa’s celebrated melodrama tells the story of Yukinojo, a female impersonator in the kabuki theatre who uses his acting skills to take revenge on three men who forced his parents to commit suicide. Seducing the daughter of one, and ruining another with a cunning business plan, Yukinojo soon has his enemies exactly where he wants them. Starring Kazuo Hasegawa in the lead role, the film sets stylised images against a score which ranges from cocktail jazz to traditional Japanese music.

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 Hollywo