An Actor's Revenge (US Version) DVD Region 1

Perhaps director Kon Ichikawa's most stylistically inventive film, AN ACTOR'S REVENGE was adapted from a newspaper serial written by Otokichi Mikami and stars Kazuo Hasegawa as Yukinojo Nakamura, a celebrated "oyama," or female impersonator, working with the Ichimura kabuki troupe in 1836 Edo. During a performance one night, he catches sight of Sansai Dobe (Ganjiro Nakamura), the magistrate who ordered the murder of the actor's father years before. Despite the objections of his teacher, Yukinojo is intent on taking revenge not only against Dobe but against Kawaguchiya (Saburo Date) and Kokaiya (Eijaro Yanagi), businessmen who were also involved in the crime. He intends to begin by seducing Dobe's daughter Namiji (Ayako Wakao), but when she falls in love with him after seeing him on the stage, Yukinojo begins to approach his plan differently. With rice in short supply, Kawaguchiya has tried to corner the market to best business rival Kokaiya. Yukinojo uses the situation to play the two off one another, resulting in successive tragedies for Kawaguchiya. Kokaiya's next action takes everyone by surprise. Ichikawa weds visual and narrative elements of the Kabuki theater to the conventional revenge plot in a coruscating ballet of light, color, and action.

"...[With] color schemes to kill for, and brilliant use of wide-screen..." - Mike, Clark (USA Today Critic), USA Today, 05/13/1994

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Product Title:	An Actor's Revenge (US Version) An Actor's Revenge (US Version) An Actor's Revenge (US Version) An Actor's Revenge (US Version) An Actor's Revenge (US Version)
Also known as:	Revenge of a Kabuki Actor Revenge of a Kabuki Actor Revenge of a Kabuki Actor Revenge of a Kabuki Actor Revenge of a Kabuki Actor
Artist Name(s):	Hasegawa Kazuo (Actor) | Wakao Ayako (Actor) | akutagawa yasushi | Natto Wada (Actor) 長谷川一夫 (Actor) | 若尾文子 (Actor) | akutagawa yasushi | Natto Wada (Actor) 长谷川 一夫 (Actor) | 若尾文子 (Actor) | akutagawa yasushi | Natto Wada (Actor) 長谷川一夫 (Actor) | 若尾文子 (Actor) | 芥川也寸志／著 | Natto Wada (Actor) Hasegawa Kazuo (Actor) | Wakao Ayako (Actor) | akutagawa yasushi | Natto Wada (Actor)
Director:	Mihashi Tatsuya 三橋達也 三桥达也 三橋達也 Mihashi Tatsuya
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Release Date:	2008-10-14
UPC Code:	737187012006
Language:	Japanese
Subtitles:	English
Country of Origin:	Japan
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	KOCH Entertainment Distribution
Package Weight:	150 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1012057490

Director: Kon Ichikawa

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
(Unspecified) - Japanese
Subtitles - English - Optional