An Actor's Revenge
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, also known as Revenge of a Kabuki Actor, is a 1963 film directed by Kon Ichikawa
. The film was produced in Eastmancolor and Daieiscope
for Daiei Studios.
The film is a remake of the 1935 film of the same title (distributed in English-speaking countries under the title The Revenge of Yukinojō), which also starred Kazuo Hasegawa. The 1963 An Actor's Revenge marked Hasegawa's 300th role as a film actor. The screenplay, written by Ichikawa's wife, Natto Wada, was based on the adaptation by Daisuke Itō and Teinosuke Kinugasa
of a newspaper serial
originally written by Otokichi Mikami that was used for the 1935 version. There is also an opera
, An Actor's Revenge, with music by Minoru Miki
and libretto
by James Kirkup
and a 2008 NHK
production of the same story, with Yukinojō and Yamitaro played by Hideaki Takizawa
.
The film follows Yukinojō (played by Hasegawa), a female impersonator who by chance runs into three men who wronged his family decades earlier and decides to exact revenge on them.
Kon Ichikawa
was a Japanese film director.-Early life and career:Ichikawa was born in Ise, Mie Prefecture. In the 1930s Ichikawa attended a technical school in Osaka. Upon graduation, in 1933, he found a job with a local rental film studio, J.O. Studio, in their animation department...
. The film was produced in Eastmancolor and Daieiscope
Widescreen
Widescreen images are a variety of aspect ratios used in film, television and computer screens. In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ratio greater than the standard 1.37:1 Academy aspect ratio provided by 35mm film....
for Daiei Studios.
The film is a remake of the 1935 film of the same title (distributed in English-speaking countries under the title The Revenge of Yukinojō), which also starred Kazuo Hasegawa. The 1963 An Actor's Revenge marked Hasegawa's 300th role as a film actor. The screenplay, written by Ichikawa's wife, Natto Wada, was based on the adaptation by Daisuke Itō and Teinosuke Kinugasa
Teinosuke Kinugasa
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of a newspaper serial
Serial (literature)
In literature, a serial is a publishing format by which a single large work, most often a work of narrative fiction, is presented in contiguous installments—also known as numbers, parts, or fascicles—either issued as separate publications or appearing in sequential issues of a single periodical...
originally written by Otokichi Mikami that was used for the 1935 version. There is also an opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
, An Actor's Revenge, with music by Minoru Miki
Minoru Miki
is a Japanese composer and artistic director, particularly known for his promotional activities in favour of Japanese traditional instruments and some of their performers....
and libretto
Libretto
A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...
by James Kirkup
James Kirkup
James Falconer Kirkup, FRSL was a prolific English poet, translator and travel writer. He was brought up in South Shields, and educated at South Shields Secondary School and Durham University. He wrote over 30 books, including autobiographies, novels and plays...
and a 2008 NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
production of the same story, with Yukinojō and Yamitaro played by Hideaki Takizawa
Hideaki Takizawa
is a Japanese actor and member of the J-pop duo Tackey & Tsubasa from Tokyo, Japan. In 2002, when he reached the age of 20, he debuted with Tsubasa Imai in the group Tackey & Tsubasa under the record label Avex Trax. That same year, he graduated from Johnny's Junior. Tackey & Tsubasa have released...
.
The film follows Yukinojō (played by Hasegawa), a female impersonator who by chance runs into three men who wronged his family decades earlier and decides to exact revenge on them.