In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.
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Shōtarō Hanayagi as Kikunosuke Onoue
Kōkichi Takada as Fukusuke Nakamura
Gonjurô Kawarazaki as Kikugoro Onoue
Kakuko Mori as Otoku
Tokusaburo Arashi as Shikan Nakamura
Yōko Umemura as Osata
Ryôtarô Kawanami as Eiju Dayu
Kinnosuke Takamatsu as Matsusuke Onoue
Jun'nosuke Hayama as Kanya Morita
Tamitaro Onoe as Tamizô Onoue
Yoshiaki Hanayagi as Tamijirô Onoue
Nobuko Fushimi as Geisha Eiryu
Kikuko Hanaoka as Geisha Konaka
Yoshie Nakagawa as Tea Shop Lady
Benkei Shiganoya as Masseur Genshun
Yoneko Mogami as Otsuru
Sumao Ishihara as Touring theatre manager Onishi
Kô Hirota as Touring theatre staff
Eijirō Hose as Touring theatre actor
Ichiro Yuki as Hotel lodger
Fujiko Shirakawa as
Kōmei Minami as Shintomiza manager
Jinichi Amano as
Haruo Inoue as
Minpei Tomimoto as
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