In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that the praise he receives is only due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully joins him.
as Kikunosuke Onoue
as Otoku
as Fukusuke Nakamura
as Matsusuke Onoue
as Kikugoro Onoue
as Masseur Genshun
as Geisha Konaka
as Geisha Eiryu
as Hotel lodger
as Shikan Nakamura
as Osata
as Eiju Dayu
as Kanya Morita
as Tamizô Onoue
as Tamijirô Onoue
as Tea Shop Lady
as Otsuru
as Touring theatre manager Onishi
as Touring theatre staff
as Touring theatre actor
as Shintomiza manager
