An Actor's Revenge

Hamlet without soliloquies. A celebrated onnagata performer discovers the men who destroyed his family. Ichikawa's crisp widescreen compositions elevate a classic revenge plot, filtered through the artifice of kabuki.

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Kon Ichikawa directed An Actor's Revenge in 1963. See Kon Ichikawa's full filmography, where to start with Kon Ichikawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kon Ichikawa.

An Actor's Revenge was released in 1963 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 114 minutes.