The Actress and the Poet

The Actress and the Poet

73 mins | Comedy | March 21, 1935

Among the tight-knit neighbours are a poet, his actress wife, a bachelor budding author, a tobacco shop owner-cum-landlady, an insurance salesman and his nosy and greedy wife. Enter a young and seemingly high-class couple who just so happens is open to purchasing life insurance from their swift neighbour. In the meantime, life is imitating art across the street, which may end up providing for either a happy ending or a rude split - eventually that is.

The Actress and the Poet

73 mins | Comedy | March 21, 1935

The Actress and the Poet
Among the tight-knit neighbours are a poet, his actress wife, a bachelor budding author, a tobacco shop owner-cum-landlady, an insurance salesman and his nosy and greedy wife. Enter a young and seemingly high-class couple who just so happens is open to purchasing life insurance from their swift neighbour. In the meantime, life is imitating art across the street, which may end up providing for either a happy ending or a rude split - eventually that is.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo
Original title 女優と詩人
Directors Mikio Naruse
Writers Minoru Nakano, Ryûji Nagami

Cast

Sachiko Chiba

as Chieko

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Baido Noso

Kimba Sanyutei

as Kintarô Hanashima

Haruko Toda

as Ohama

Hiroshi Uruki

as Geppû Futatsugi

Hideo Saeki

as Young man

Masao Mishima

as Actor

Teruko Miyano

as Actress

Yoko Nitta

as Tabacco Shop Woman

Chizuko Kanda

as Young woman