Even though I have watched numerous Japanese classics, this still took a bit of time for me to become engrossed. First of all, the milieux of the Kabuki theatre was relatively new to me. I had to accept the main character being Irresistible to women, despite wearing the makeup and clothing of a woman, on and off the stage. Also, it took a bit of time to be introduced to his role-the revenge for the death of his parents when he was a child. There is a subculture of pickpockets and thieve that supply a comic relief, and it took a while to realize that. But once he began to do his thing, it was difficult to look away. Unfortunately, there were innocent victims and he brings his own curse, sort of like a Shakespearean tragedy does where there are ultimately no winners.
Review of An Actor's Revenge
