An Actor’s Revenge

Masahiro Makino, 1959

Spine #912

Picked by 2 guests

Drama

Criterion TMDB

Directed by Masahiro Makino

Written by Hyōgo Suzuki

Cinematography Shigeto Miki

Edited by Shintarō Miyamoto

Cast Hashizo Ōkawa, Chikage Awashima, Keiko Okawa, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Eitarō Shindō, Yataro Kurokawa, Shinobu Chihara, Yoshio Yoshida

Picked by

Gina Prince-Bythewood director

“An Actor's Revenge. Is this a good one?”

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Robert Eggers director

“This is An Actor’s Revenge by Ichikawa, which I’ve only seen once. Kazuo Hasegawa was, like, a really illustrious kabuki actor, and he plays male and female roles, is, like, really powerful and really cool. And just the gender dynamics? Fascinating, you know, and... Anyway, I’ve only seen it once. I’m really looking forward to checking this out.”

Robert Eggers