Matsutarō Kawaguchi

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.

Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi · With Shōtarō Hanayagi, Kakuko Mori, Kōkichi Takada

When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves truly falling for one another.

Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi · With Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō