An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
Social & External
The people behind it
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
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Set during the years between the "Rebecca" trial and the writing of Du Maurier's short story "The Birds", including her relationship with her husband Frederick 'Boy' Browning, and her largely unrequited infatuations with American publishing tycoon's wife Ellen Doubleday and the actress Gertrude Lawrence.
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Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters problems every step of the way. Fortunately for Ichi, she is also a gifted swordswoman and carries a lethal blade within her walking stick.
A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.
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