Rent An Actor's Revenge (1963)
3.7 of 5 from 89 ratings
1h 48min
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- Synopsis:
- This wildly melodramatic tale of a kabuki female impersonator who exacts a long-delayed revenge on the men who drove his parents to suicide is played out against a backdrop of comic rivalries between thieves in the Tokyo underworld. Kazuo Hasegawa plays the dual role of the actor and the thief in a film which celebrates his 300th screen appearance. A heady mixture of swooning romanticism and stylised action, with a soundtrack that ranges from traditional Japanese music to lush Hollywood strings and cocktail jazz, 'An Actor's Revenge' is a cinematic tour de force.
- Actors:
- Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi, Narutoshi Hayashi, Eijirô Yanagi, Chûsha Ichikawa, Ganjirô Nakamura, Saburô Date, Jun Hamamura, Kikue Môri, Masayoshi Kikuno, Raizô Ichikawa, Shintarô Katsu, Yutaka Nakayama, Chitose Maki, Toshio Chiba, Kôichi Mizuhara, Tadashi Katô, Eigorô Onoe
- Directors:
- Kon Ichikawa
- Producers:
- Masaichi Nagata
- Narrated By:
- Musei Tokugawa
- Writers:
- Daisuke Itô, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Otokichi Mikami, Natto Wada
- Aka:
- Yukinojô Henge
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- A Brief History of the Summer Olympics on Film, The Instant Expert's Guide to Kenji Mizoguchi
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/03/2018
- Run Time:
- 113 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New audio commentary by critic, programmer and Japanese film expert Tony Rayns
- 700 Years of Japanese Film (Nagisa Oshima, 1995, 52 mins): the award-winning director of 'In the Realm of the Senses' (1976), explores the first century of Japanese cinema
- Oriental Splendour, Japan Pays Homage, Japan. To Rid Their Souls of Evil, and In Old Japan (1927-1930, 4 mins): four rare archive films documenting Japanese life, from the Topical Budget newsreel
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Reviews (1) of An Actor's Revenge
What a bore ! - An Actor's Revenge review by CP Customer
Thsi was so wooden / stylised, that we only watched the first five minutes. There seemed to be no attempt to capture the interest of the audience.
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