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Zangiku monogatari

7.0 0 mins Drama   1956
Daiei Film  
Director(s): Koji Shima

Based on the novel by Shofu Muramatsu, the film is dedicated to the actors of the renowned Japanese Kabuki theatre. Set in Japan in 1885, the story follows Kikunosuke Onoe, the adopted son of a famous Kabuki actor. Kikunosuke’s father teaches him professional acting skills, preparing him to become his successor and continue the acting dynasty. However, Kikunosuke leaves his family, much to his father’s dismay, to hone his craft outside of Tokyo and moves to Osaka.

Casts of Zangiku monogatari

Kazuo Hasegawa

as Kikunosuke

Chikage Awashima

as Otoku

Tamao Nakamura

as Otsuru

Chieko Naniwa

as Omoto

Yataro Kurokawa

as Sudayû Sakae

Bontarō Miake

as Kan'ya Morita

Eigorō Onoe

as Matsusuke Onoe

Michiko Ai

as Yoneko

Tokiko Mita

as Kofumi

Ichirō Izawa

as Fukusuke Nakamura

Kodayu Ichikawa

as Shikan Nakamura

Sumizô Ichikawa

as Kikugorô's attendant

San'emon Arashi

as Rishô Arashi

Sawamura Sōjūrō IX

as Kikugorô V

Yūsaku Terashima

as Tamizô Onoe

Shinobu Araki

as Inn master

Ryōnosuke Azuma

as Member of travelling actors

Hiroshi Ueda

as Customer of theater restaurant

Shōzō Nanbu

as Doctor

Ichirō Amano

as Head of travelling actors

Kōichi Mizuhara

as Owner of Asahiza

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