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The Sleeping Dictionary
2003
In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that the praise he receives is only due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated, 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 joins him.
In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that the praise he receives is only due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated, 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 joins him.
Shōtarō HanayagiKikunosuke Onoue
Kakuko MoriOtoku
Kōkichi TakadaFukusuke Nakamura
Kikuko HanaokaGeisha Konaka
Nobuko FushimiGeisha Eiryu
Ichiro YukiHotel lodger
Yōko UmemuraOsata
Yoshie NakagawaTea Shop Lady
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