Japan Release: 1987
Running Time: 130 minutes

Actress

Japanese Title

映画女優
[Eiga Joyu]

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Titles

International Title

Actress

Initial US Title

Film Actress
US Distributor: R5/S8 (1987) / Time: 130 Minutes

Alternate Titles

Film Actress
[Literal translation]

Staff

Cast

Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Writing Credits Kon Ichikawa, Shinya Hidaka, Kaneto Shindo
Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Kon Ichikawa, Hiroaki Fujii
Music by Kensaku Tanikawa
Cinematography by Yukio Isohata
Film Editing by Chizuko Osada
Production Design by Shinobu Muraki

Kinuyo Tanaka Sayuri Yoshinaga
Mother Mitsuko Mori
Kenji Mizoguchi Bunta Sugawara
Shiro Kido Koji Ishizaka
Heinosuke Gosho Kiichi Nakai
Seiko Yasuko Sawaguchi
Tamayo Michiyo Yokoyama
Nakama Mitsuru Hirata
Isoya Hisashi Igawa
Ken Uehara Ken Uehara
Kuginukiya Kyoko Kishida
Kiyohiko Ushihara Yusuke Koike
Yasujiro Ozu Shigemitsu Ogi
Kokichi Takada Kokichi Takada
Shozo Ryuzo Tanaka
Gentaro Fujio Tsuneta
Hiroshi Shimizu Toru Watanabe
Hatsuko Yamashita Kimiko Yoshimiya
- Miki Sanjo

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Background and Trivia

Toho submitted the film to the US copyright office on November 12th, 1987 with the registration number ofPA0000367932. The movie was submitted under its international title, Actress, and its Romaji title, Eiga Joyu.
Based on the 1986 book Novel Kinuyo Tanaka (小説田中絹代 - Shosetsu Tanaka Kinuyo) by Kaneto Shindo, a biography on actress Kinuyo Tanaka.

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