During the late Meiji period, at the beginning of the twentieth century, Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu, a scholar who brought European realism to the Japanese stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society.

Sumako Matsui
Hōgetsu Shimamura
Mrs. Itsuko
daughter Kuniko
Chika, Itoko's mother
Tetsuo Mizushima
Dr. Okubo
Kiyozumi
Keisuke Fukuhara
Yozo Hirai
Shirō Haruta
Kyōko Totsuka