Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society. This is another version of Kenji Mizoguchi's film "The Love of Sumako the Actress" ("Joyû Sumako no koi"), from the same year. Both tells the story of the famous actress Sumako Mitsui (1886-1919), considered the first great modern theater actress in Japan. Mizoguchi himself is said to have preferred Kinugasa's version.
as Sumako Matsui
as Hōgetsu Shimamura
as Mrs. Itsuko
as daughter Kuniko
as Chika, Itoko's mother
as Tetsuo Mizushima
as Dr. Okubo
as Kiyozumi
as Keisuke Fukuhara
as Yozo Hirai
as Shirō Haruta
as Kyōko Totsuka
as Hiroo Takahama
as Genshirō Kuramoto
as Heisuke Gakuyaban
as Haruyoshi Kobayashi
as Playing the shamisen