In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, 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 follows him.
Shōtarō Hanayagi
Kōkichi Takada
Gonjurô Kawarazaki
Kakuko Mori
Tokusaburo Arashi
Yōko Umemura
Ryôtarô Kawanami
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Jun'nosuke Hayama
Tamitaro Onoe
Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Nobuko Fushimi
Kikuko Hanaoka
Yoshie Nakagawa
Benkei Shiganoya
Yoneko Mogami
Sumao Ishihara
Kô Hirota
Eijirō Hose
Ichiro Yuki
Fujiko Shirakawa
Kōmei Minami
Jinichi Amano
Haruo Inoue
Minpei Tomimoto