YUKINOJO HENGE (Original title)An ACTOR'S REVENGE (Alternative title)YUKINOJO HENJE (Alternative title)
Date: 13 January 1963 (Release)Country: JapanDirector: Kon Ichikawa
Synopsis: Period story of female impersonator who plans revenge on men who wronged his family.Synopsis: During a performance in Tokugawa-period Edo, the actor Yukinojo recognises in the audience the men responsible for the suicide of his parents, and seeks vengeance upon them. Ichikawa evokes the aesthetic vocabulary of kabuki, yet the meting out of justice recalls the inexorable narratives of Jacobean drama. Sexually ambiguous, formally innovative (from its anachronistic yet strangely appropriate jazz score, to its abstract colour scheme and carefully partitioned use of CinemaScope), it is the most stylised and ambitious of Ichikawa's films, and represents the summit of his achievement as a craftsman.
Genre: Period drama
Subject: Drag
Releases
Date: 13 January 1963Country: JapanRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Daieicolor - SoundRuntime: 113 mins Length: 10170 FeetSubtitles: Japanese
Title: RWDAuthor: [DP] Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Filmwaves n20 2003 Page: 51
Title: BOOKS/DVDArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue v56th 2002 Page: 114
Title: [Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue - v56th 2002: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Includes director's note.
In: Sight and Sound v3 n5 May 1993 Pages: 61-62
Title: [Sight and Sound - v3 n5 May 1993: no known title]Author: RAYNS, Tony Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Review of 1993 re-release.
In: Sight and Sound v3 n11 November 1993 Page: 60
Title: [Sight and Sound - v3 n11 November 1993: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note
In: Time Out n470 20 Apr 1979 Page: 37
Title: [Time Out - n470 20 Apr 1979: no known title]Language: English
Description: Listed.
In: Cinéma n245 May 1979 Pages: 74-75
Title: [Cinéma - n245 May 1979: no known title]Language: French
In: Variety 2 Aug 1978 Page: 18
Title: [Variety - 2 Aug 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Guia de Filmes n33 May/Jun 1971 Page: 122
Title: [Guia de Filmes - n33 May/Jun 1971: no known title]Language: Portuguese
In: Screen v11 n2 Mar/Apr 1970 Pages: 3-15
Title: [Screen - v11 n2 Mar/Apr 1970: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v34 n400 May 1967 Page: 73
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v34 n400 May 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n9347 22 Mar 1967 Page: 19
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n9347 22 Mar 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3102 25 Mar 1967 Page: 17
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3102 25 Mar 1967: no known title]Language: English
Author: Buscombe, Edward Pages: p. 629-1248
Title: actor's revenge
Author: BREAKWELL, Ian Pages: 55 pages
Title: Cinematic landscapes: observations on the visual arts and cinema of China and Japan
Author: EHRLICH, Linda C Pages: 345p.
Description: JUDOU pp.133-44 GENROKU CHUSHINGURA pp.187-210 HUANG TUDI pp.84-100
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
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Description: VHS cassetteLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-604959
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: DVDBFI identifier: C-1616548
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(4)
Description: VHS cassetteLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-604959
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-746551
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: DVDBFI identifier: C-1616548
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 1-inch C-FormatBFI identifier: C-1146514
Status: On loan - Restricted access to videotape on loan to BFI
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10179 FeetBFI identifier: C-530035
Status: Status pending - Access to film print is subject to clearance
Date: 13 January 1963 (Release)Country: JapanDirector: Kon Ichikawa
Synopsis: Period story of female impersonator who plans revenge on men who wronged his family.Synopsis: During a performance in Tokugawa-period Edo, the actor Yukinojo recognises in the audience the men responsible for the suicide of his parents, and seeks vengeance upon them. Ichikawa evokes the aesthetic vocabulary of kabuki, yet the meting out of justice recalls the inexorable narratives of Jacobean drama. Sexually ambiguous, formally innovative (from its anachronistic yet strangely appropriate jazz score, to its abstract colour scheme and carefully partitioned use of CinemaScope), it is the most stylised and ambitious of Ichikawa's films, and represents the summit of his achievement as a craftsman.
Genre: Period drama
Subject: Drag
Releases
Date: 13 January 1963Country: JapanRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Daieicolor - SoundRuntime: 113 mins Length: 10170 FeetSubtitles: Japanese
Credits
(30)
Production Company: Daiei Kyoto, Producer: Masaichi Nagata, Production Manager: Tadao Murakami, Planning: Kon Ichikawa, Planning: Komei Fujii, Tomio Takamori, Assistant Director: Masuya Nakamura, Assistant Director: Akira Inoue, Screenplay: Daisuke Ito, Screenplay: Teinosuke Kinugasa, Screenplay: Natto Wada, Original 'Asahi' Newspaper Serial: Otokichi Mikami, Photography: Setsuo Kobayashi, Lighting: Kenichi Okamoto, Editor: Shigeo Nishida, Art Director: Yoshinobu Nishioka, Costume Advisor: Yoshio Ueno, Colour Technician: Toshio Kajitani, Japanese Music: Tamezô Mochizuki, Ancient Music: Yahichi Takezawa, Additional Music: Yasushi Akutagawa, Masao Yagi, Action Choreography: Shôhei Miyauchi, Stage Choreography: Kangoro Fujima, Sound Recording: Gen Otani, Sound Effects: Noburu Kurashima, Collaborator: Kazuo Ikehiro, Collaborator: Senkichiro Takeda, Hiroyo Kato
Cast
(31)
Kazuo Hasegawa (Yukinojo Nakamura/Yamitaro the thief), Fujiko Yamamoto (Ohatsu), Ayako Wakao (Lady Namiji), Eiji Funakoshi (Heima Kadokura), Narutoshi Hayashi (Mukuzu, Ohatsu's partner), Eijirô Yanagi (Hiromiya), Chusha Ichikawa (Kikunojo Nakamura), Ganjirô Nakamura (Sansai Dobe), Saburo Date (Kawaguchiya), Jun Hamamura (Isshosai), Kikue Môri (cruel old woman), Akiyoshi Kikuno (Yukinojo's father), Raizo Ichikawa (Hirutaro), Shintaro Katsu (Hojin, fugitive from Prison Island), Yutaka Nakamura (townsman), Chitose Maki (townswoman), Toshiro Chiba (ronin), Koichi Mizuhara (Dobe's man), Eigoro Onoe (Shogun), Tadashi Kato (Shogun's retainer), Shirô Otsuji, Tokio Oki (civil guardsman), Musei Tokugawa (narrator), Hajime Koshigawa, Akira Shiga, Gen Kimura, Takeo Inoue, Takeshi Yabuya, Jun Arimura, Akira Konami, Keiko Koyanagi
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(13)
In: Empire n165 March 2003 Page: 130Title: RWDAuthor: [DP] Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Filmwaves n20 2003 Page: 51
Title: BOOKS/DVDArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue v56th 2002 Page: 114
Title: [Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue - v56th 2002: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Includes director's note.
In: Sight and Sound v3 n5 May 1993 Pages: 61-62
Title: [Sight and Sound - v3 n5 May 1993: no known title]Author: RAYNS, Tony Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Review of 1993 re-release.
In: Sight and Sound v3 n11 November 1993 Page: 60
Title: [Sight and Sound - v3 n11 November 1993: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note
In: Time Out n470 20 Apr 1979 Page: 37
Title: [Time Out - n470 20 Apr 1979: no known title]Language: English
Description: Listed.
In: Cinéma n245 May 1979 Pages: 74-75
Title: [Cinéma - n245 May 1979: no known title]Language: French
In: Variety 2 Aug 1978 Page: 18
Title: [Variety - 2 Aug 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Guia de Filmes n33 May/Jun 1971 Page: 122
Title: [Guia de Filmes - n33 May/Jun 1971: no known title]Language: Portuguese
In: Screen v11 n2 Mar/Apr 1970 Pages: 3-15
Title: [Screen - v11 n2 Mar/Apr 1970: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v34 n400 May 1967 Page: 73
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v34 n400 May 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n9347 22 Mar 1967 Page: 19
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n9347 22 Mar 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3102 25 Mar 1967 Page: 17
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3102 25 Mar 1967: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(3)
Title: British Film Institute Film Classics, volume 2Author: Buscombe, Edward Pages: p. 629-1248
Title: actor's revenge
Author: BREAKWELL, Ian Pages: 55 pages
Title: Cinematic landscapes: observations on the visual arts and cinema of China and Japan
Author: EHRLICH, Linda C Pages: 345p.
Description: JUDOU pp.133-44 GENROKU CHUSHINGURA pp.187-210 HUANG TUDI pp.84-100
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: VHS cassetteLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-604959
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: DVDBFI identifier: C-1616548
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(4)
Description: VHS cassetteLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-604959
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-746551
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: DVDBFI identifier: C-1616548
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 1-inch C-FormatBFI identifier: C-1146514
Status: On loan - Restricted access to videotape on loan to BFI
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10179 FeetBFI identifier: C-530035
Status: Status pending - Access to film print is subject to clearance