An Heir's Place

Name: An Heir's Place
Director: Daisuke Itō
Released: 1953-06-03
Duration: 2 h 5 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Yūji Hori, Keiko Kishi, Ichijirō Oya

1953

2h 5m

Director: Daisuke Itō

Writers: Daisuke Itō, Sumie Tanaka

Overview

This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh actors. The heir, Hosho Yagoro, is played by Hasegawa Kuzuo who went on to become familiar among Ichikawa Kon fans as Yukinojo in An Actor's Revenge, which was also co-written by Ito, adding to the relatedness of An Heir's Place.