Overview
During the late Meiji period, at the beginning of the twentieth century, Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu, a scholar who brought European realism to the Japanese stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society.
Cast
- Isuzu Yamada as Sumako Matsui
- Yoshi Hijikata as Hōgetsu Shimamura
- Ranko Akagi as Mrs. Itsuko
- Noriko Sengoku as daughter Kuniko
- Fusako Fujima as Chika, Itoko's mother
- Hajime Izu as Tetsuo Mizushima
- Eitarō Shindō as Dr. Okubo
- Shin Date as Kiyozumi
- Kenji Susukida as Keisuke Fukuhara
- Tatsuya Ishiguro as Yozo Hirai