ALTERNATE SYNOPSIS:
From master director Kon Ichikawa ("The Burmese Harp", "47 Ronin") comes a beautiful and poignant tale of tragedy, seduction, and betrayal. Set against the breathtaking visual splendor of Kabuki theater, "Revenge Of A Kabuki Actor" (AKA "An Actor's Revenge", "Yukinojo Henge") redefines the period film, and creates a stunning multi-layered portrait of extraordinary human emotion.
While performing in a touring kabuki troupe, leading female impersonator Yukinojo comes across the men who drove his parents to suicide twenty years earlier, and plans his intricate plot of revenge. |
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