
In 1935, Yukinojō henge, in English known as The Revenge of Yukinojō, was the most successful movie for the producer Shochiku until that point. Hayashi Chōjirō (Hasegawa Kazuo, 1908–1984) played the lead role of Nakamura Yukinojō. He was trained as a kabuki actor but then became an extremely popular movie actor who appeared in 290 films between 1927 and 1963.