The Love of the Actress Sumako

Name: The Love of the Actress Sumako
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Released: 1947
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Sô Yamamura, Kikue Môri, Chieko Higashiyama, Kyôko Asagiri

1947 · 96 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 344 VOTES · DIR. Kenji Mizoguchi

Overview

The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family to be with her, while trying to keep his Art Theatre solvent.

Dialogue Timeline — 989 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:01 SHOCHIKU & SINFONIA present

00:03:32 We must also find a true ethic.

00:07:12 Let's play it.

00:10:42 I can't do things by halves.

00:13:35 is set to the 15th. Don't forget it.

00:17:07 Then you're free.

00:20:53 You're strange lately.

00:24:51 Do you think so?

00:27:49 That's how I sing.

00:32:40 The rumours...

00:37:14 Master!

00:43:07 Have you forgotten your duty to us?

00:46:53 For the future.

00:51:10 Yield a little to save our future.

00:54:23 Ha, they're singing.

00:59:56 I want to perform a true play.

01:02:48 When will we celebrate the new year in a theatre?

01:05:52 But... you've got fever.

01:08:56 A call from the Circle.

01:16:06 No, you never did wrong.

01:19:30 You're indispensable to it.

01:23:03 It was impossible, tears kept flowing.

01:29:29 You won't manage to kill me like that!

01:33:56 Then, it's...

Cast & Characters

Kinuyo Tanaka Sumako Matsui Sô Yamamura Hôgetsu Shimamura Kikue Môri Ichiko Shimamura Chieko Higashiyama Seki Kyôko Asagiri Haruko Shimamura Eijirô Tôno Shoyo Tsubouchi Teruko Kishi Eitarô Ozawa Kichizô Nakamura Sugisaku Aoyama Hideo Saeki

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed989

Dialogue density10.3 lines / min

First line00:00:01

Final line01:33:56

Production Record

DirectorKenji Mizoguchi

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes344