Movie: The Temptress and the Monk

Top 10 Billed Cast

Yumeji Tsukioka
月丘夢路

The Temptress

Ryōji Hayama
葉山良二

Socho

Osamu Takizawa
滝沢修

Old Socho

Akitake Kōno
河野秋武

Medicine seller

Kenjiro Uemura
植村謙二郎

Traveler

Jun Hamamura
浜村純

The Criminal

Kō Nishimura
西村晃

Peasant

Seijiro Takano
Seijiro Takano

Middle-aged monk

Keishichi Nakahara
Keishichi Nakahara

Young monk

Takashi Sudo
Takashi Sudo

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