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.
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Director, Writer
Eijiro Hisaita
Writer

Isuzu Yamada
Sumako Matsui

Yoshi Hijikata
Hōgetsu Shimamura
Ranko Akagi
Mrs. Itsuko

Noriko Sengoku
daughter Kuniko
Fusako Fujima
Chika, Itoko's mother

Hajime Izu
Tetsuo Mizushima

Eitarō Shindō
Dr. Okubo
Shin Date
Kiyozumi
Kenji Susukida
Keisuke Fukuhara