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An Actor's Revenge (Japanese: 雪之丞変化, Hepburn: Yukinojō henge), also known as Revenge of a Kabuki Actor, is a 1963 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa, based on a novel by Otokichi Mikami.
An Actor's Revenge: Directed by Kon Ichikawa. With Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi. Yukinojo, a Kabuki actor, seeks revenge by destroying the three men who caused the deaths of his parents.
- (2.9K)
- Drama
- Kon Ichikawa
- 1971-06-16
An Actor’s Revenge. A uniquely prolific and chameleonic figure of world cinema, Kon Ichikawa delivered a burst of stylistic bravado with this intricate tale of betrayal and retribution. Set in the cloistered world of nineteenth-century kabuki theater, the film charts a female impersonator’s attempts to avenge the deaths of his parents, who ...
- Yukinojo Nakamura/Yamitaro The Thief
An Actor's Revenge. A Kabuki actor exacts a bloody revenge after he encounters the wealthy businessman who destroyed his family. Rent An Actor's Revenge on Prime Video, Apple TV, or...
- Kon Ichikawa
- Kazuo Hasagawa
An Actor's Revenge streaming: where to watch online? Currently you are able to watch "An Actor's Revenge" streaming on Criterion Channel. It is also possible to buy "An Actor's Revenge" on Apple TV, Amazon Video as download or rent it on Apple TV, Amazon Video online.
- Kon Ichikawa
- 10
- Kazuo Hasegawa
- 114 min
Anchored by a magnificently androgynous performance by Kazuo Hasegawa, reprising a role he had played on-screen three decades earlier, An Actor’s Revenge is an eye-popping examination of how the illusions of art intersect with life.
From Kon Ichikawa, the maker of The Burmese Harp, Fires on the Plain and Tokyo Olympiad comes Revenge of a Kabuki Actor (Yukujino Henge), an entertaining and decidedly strange 1963 tale of murderous vengeance. Filmed in beautiful color and designed in such a way that "real" exteriors are almost as stylized as the tableaux on the Kabuki stage ...
