Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi.
Acting
Yoshinaga's controlled fire as Tanaka.
Direction
Ichikawa frames obsession like a ghost story.
Costume
Period glamour that ages and aches.
Director
Kon Ichikawa
Bunta Sugawara
Kenji Mizoguchi
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Kinuyo Tanaka
Mitsuko Mori
Mother
Koji Ishizaka
Shiro Kido
Kiichi Nakai
Heinosuke Gosho
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Seiko
Michino Yokoyama
Tamayo
Mitsuru Hirata
Nakama
Ken Uehara
Ken Uehara
Kyôko Kishida
Kuginukiya
Shigemitsu Ogi
Yasujiro Ozu
Kōkichi Takada
Kokichi Takada
Ryuzo Tanaka
Shozo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ichikawa was Tanaka's contemporary and rival; this is his elegy to a woman who outshone him.
The real Kinuyo Tanaka directed six films herself — this film notably omits that chapter entirely.
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