獅子の座 (1953)

Name: 獅子の座
Released: 1953-06-03
Duration: 2 h 5 min
Rating: 10
Cast: 長谷川一夫, Kinuyo Tanaka, 堀雄二, 岸恵子, 大矢市次郎

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.