During the late Meiji period, at the beginning of the twentieth century, Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu, a scholar who brought European realism to the Japanese stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society.
as Sumako Matsui
as Hōgetsu Shimamura
as Mrs. Itsuko
as daughter Kuniko
as Chika, Itoko's mother
as Tetsuo Mizushima
as Dr. Okubo
as Kiyozumi
as Keisuke Fukuhara
as Yozo Hirai
as Shirō Haruta
as Kyōko Totsuka
as Hiroo Takahama
as Genshirō Kuramoto
as Heisuke Gakuyaban
as Haruyoshi Kobayashi
as Playing the shamisen
