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An Actor's Revenge

certificate PG Certificate
1962
Runtime: 108 mins
Colour
Japan
Language(s): Japanese
Subtitles: English
Published/distributed by BFI
ISBN/EAN: 5035673005712
Ratio 2.35:1
Price: £9.98
(Including VAT at 20%)
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An Actor's Revenge 
Ichikawa, Kon
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.

"You will not have seen anything quite like it before" Derek Malcolm, The Guardian

"A film of phenomenal all-round accomplishment" Time Out

Extras
* Director biography
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