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The Swordsman and the Actress

5.019551h 24mMovieHistoryDramaAction

A fellow member of the company named Hanjiro tells Koharu, an actress in a traveling theatrical troupe, about a keepsake folding fan that his lost love Lady Okyo gave him years ago. It turns out this fan is a precious clan heirloom whose…

DirectorYasushi Sasaki
WriterTatsuo Nakada

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Cast · Directed by Yasushi Sasaki

CAChiyonosuke Azuma
Chiyonosuke Azuma
HMHibari Misora
Hibari Misora
RORyutaro Otomo
Ryutaro Otomo
MÔ
Michiko Ôe
YY
Yoshiko Yashioji
CU
Chie Ueki
KSKyū Sazanka
Kyū Sazanka
KKKunio Kaga
Kunio Kaga
AS
Ayuko Saijō
SSShunji Sakai
Shunji Sakai
KK
Kazuo Kishida
KF
Kinnosuke Fujiki

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The Swordsman and the Actress hasn't started streaming in Australia yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 27, 1955. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.