An Actor’s Revenge
A film by Kon Ichikawa
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
Format
Special features
- Director biography
Credits
Year
1962
Country
Japan
Product information
Certificate
PG
Colour
Colour
Languages
Japanese
Subtitles
English
Original aspect ratio
2.35:1
DVD region
- 2 Europe (except Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus), Middle East, Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Greenland, French Overseas departments and territories
Blu-ray region
- B - Includes most European and Middle-Eastern countries, all of Africa, Australia and New Zealand
Catalogue number
BFIVD571