- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1947-12-29
- Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Writers: Eijirô Hisaita , Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Isuzu Yamada , Michiko Araki , Eitarō Shindō , Hisaya Morishige , Fuyuki Murakami , Noriko Sengoku
- Runtime: 115 min
- Awards: 2 wins
- AKA: 女優(1947) (Japan) , Joyu , Actress , Joyu (India) , Актриса (Russian Federation)
- Plot: Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society.
- IMDB:tt0039519
Joyu Cast · · · ALL
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Director
Isuzu Yamada
Sumako Matsui
Ranko Akagi
Mrs. Itsuko
Noriko Sengoku
daughter Kuniko
Fusako Fujima
Chika, Itoko's mother
Hajime Izu
Tetsuo Mizushima
Eitarō Shindō
Dr. Okubo
Shin Date
Kiyozumi
Kenji Susukida
Keisuke Fukuhara
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Yozo Hirai
Hyo Kitazawa
Shirō Haruta
Yumi Takano
Kyōko Totsuka
Yasushi Nagata
Hiroo Takahama
Takashi Shimura
Genshirō Kuramoto
Masao Mishima
Heisuke Gakuyaban
Akitake Kôno
Haruyoshi Kobayashi
Fudeko Tanaka
Playing the shamisen