{{short description|1956 Japanese film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox film | name = An Actress | image = An_Actress_film_Theatrical_release_poster_(1956).jpg | caption = | director = Kaneto Shindō | producer = {{ubl|Hisao Itoya|Tengo Yamada|Setsuo Noto}} | writer = {{ubl|Kaneto Shindō (screenplay)|Kakuko Mori (book)}} | starring = {{ubl|Nobuko Otowa|Chikako Hosokawa|Eitarō Ozawa}} | music = Akira Ifukube | cinematography = Yoshio Miyajima | editing = | studio = Kindai Eiga Kyokai | distributor = Shintoho | released = {{Film date|1956|11|27|df=y|Japan|ref1=<ref name="jmdb">{{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1956/cf005160.htm |title=女優 |website=Japanese Movie Database |language=ja |access-date=16 August 2023 |archive-date=16 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816131927/http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1956/cf005160.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="kinemajunpo">{{cite web |url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=25073 |title=女優 |website=Kinema Junpo |language=ja |access-date=16 August 2023 |archive-date=17 March 2026 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/pp83c |url-status=live }}</ref>}} | runtime = 104 minutes | country = Japan | language = Japanese }} {{nihongo|'''''An Actress'''''|女優|Joyū}} is a 1956 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō.<ref name="jmdb" /><ref name="kinemajunpo" /> It is based on the autobiography of actress Kakuko Mori.<ref name="kinemajunpo" />
==Cast== * Nobuko Otowa as Kakuko Mori * Chikako Hosokawa as Tsukiko, Kakuko's mother * Shinsuke Ashida as Shinichirō Yagi * Sen Hara as Chiyo, Akio's mother * Sumiko Hidaka as Yugiku Yoshiya * Tanie Kitabayashi * Kei Taguchi as Tabata * Taketoshi Naitō as Akio Satomi * Eitarō Ozawa as Tarō Fujie (credited as Sakae Ozawa) * Zenpei Saga as Sugisaburō * Koreya Senda as Yasuda * Ichirō Shimizu as Kunijirō Matsukawa * Taiji Tonoyama * Eijirō Tōno as Tadao Inoue * Jūkichi Uno as Toshirō Yamashita
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0049386}}
{{Kaneto Shindo}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Actress}} Category:1956 drama films Category:1956 films Category:1956 Japanese films Category:1956 Japanese-language films Category:Films based on autobiographies Category:Films directed by Kaneto Shindo Category:Films scored by Akira Ifukube Category:Japanese black-and-white films Category:Japanese drama films Category:Japanese-language drama films
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