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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 .. Read more

Starring	Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao
Director	Kon Ichikawa
Genres	Action/Adventure, World Cinema

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  beautiful and stylised
  
  This Japanese movie from the sixties is about a successful female impersonating actor who is bent on revenge. The actor lives as well as performs in female ... read more »
  
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  Beaufifully presented and acted, the staged indoor setting worked well and conveyed the sense of the whole as 'performance'. The love scenes were a ... read more »
  
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  The ‘Kabuki’ Yakuza
  
  This is a treat for anyone interested in all things Japanese and lifts the lid on a very stylised art form that is liberal rather than conservative in its ... read more »
  
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  I was trained as a painter and I still think like one.
  
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  I was trained as a painter and I strill think like one.
  
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  Little to look forward to but death.
  
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  this is without doubt the most beautiful film i have ever seen, not only in temrs of the sets and costumes (each kimono is a work of art in itself). the visual ... read more »
  
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  beautiful and stylised
  
  This Japanese movie from the sixties is about a successful female impersonating actor who is bent on revenge. The actor lives as well as performs in female ... read more »
  
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  Better than Kill Bill
  
  The film has apparently been made totally in the studio, without an attempt to disguise the fact: this adds to the eerie, stylised feel of the film.
  
  ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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  - Reading, England
  - 11 Aug 2004 at 18:51
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  I was trained as a painter and I still think like one.
  
  Japanese box-office idol Kazuo Hasegawa returns to the dual ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - ChesterDent
  - 121 reviews
  - London
  - 18 Jan 2007 at 13:56
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  unparalleled
  
  this is without doubt the most beautiful film i have ever seen, not only in temrs of the sets and costumes (each kimono is a work of art in itself). the visual ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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  - LONDON
  - 12 Jun 2006 at 13:31
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  Little to look forward to but death.
  
  An landmark film whose inventive filming techniques would transform cinema. The Last Laugh introduced the subjective point of view camera and the depiction of a... read more »
  
  Report this review
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  - London, England
  - 23 Aug 2006 at 14:41
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  I was trained as a painter and I strill think like one.
  
  Japanese box-office idol Kazuo Hasegawa returns to the dual roles he played 25 years ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 403513
- - ChesterDent
  - 121 reviews
  - London
  - 18 Jan 2007 at 13:56
- - 0
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  The ‘Kabuki’ Yakuza
  
  This is a treat for anyone interested in all things Japanese and lifts the lid on a very stylised art form that is liberal rather than conservative in its ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 755052
- - Stephen
  - North Cornelly, South Wales
  - 09 May 2009 at 21:18
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  an actors revenge
  
  Beaufifully presented and acted, the staged indoor setting worked well and conveyed the sense of the whole as 'performance'. The love scenes were a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - angdavies
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  - Bruton
  - 21 Feb 2010 at 16:23
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  Strange.
  
  I wasn't able to see this film in one sitting and that's a shame as I'd probably have got more into it if I had. A little bit too strange if you&#... read more »
  
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  - Birmingham
  - 08 Oct 2004 at 17:05

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  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. ...