An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
Cast
Kazuo Hasegawa
Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
Tokusaburo Arashi
Kikunojō Nakamura
Kokuten Kōdō
Dobu
Akiko Chihaya
Namiji
Naoe Fushimi
Ohatsu
Eiko Takamatsu
Namiji's nanny
Hideo Fujino
Wakita
Yasurō Shiga
Kōhei
Ichiro Yuki
Official Okubo
Tetsu Tsuboi
Hermit
Kōmei Minami
Daikan
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Saburobee Nagasakiya
Saburō Sawai
Ronin Tachibana
Ryutaro Nagai
Muku
Yoshito Yamaji
Kadokura
Misao Seki
old man Tsuchibu
Sôroku Kazama
Jintarō
Masatarō Nakamura
Nakamura
Subaru Hirota
Tomekichi
Haruo Inoue
Town official
Crew
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