Travelling Actors

Nan
1h 10m
1940
6.1 /10 (7)

Overview

This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.

Country : Japan
Genre : Comedy
Languages : 日本語
Released Date: 1940-12-18

Top Billed Cast

Kamatari Fujiwara

Hyoroku Ichikawa - the Forelegs

Kan Yanagiya

Senpei Nakamura - the Hindlegs

Minoru Takase

Kikugoro Nakamura - the Great Actor

Sōji Kiyokawa

Shichiemon Ichikawa - the Troupe Manager

Kō Mihashi

Wakasaya

Zeko Nakamura

Hisako Yamane

Ice shop lady

Taizō Fukami

Hokushin

Keiji Sakakida

Farmer

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Omitsu

Sugiko Ise

Osaki

Kimie Hayashi

Maid

Rei Ishikawa

Bonpei Yamagata

Mamoru Tsuchiya

Toshio Tanaka

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