The Mad Fox | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | March 7, 2023
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Intensely coloured and stylized production that wears its kabuki influence on its sleeve. Theatrical and charming.
| genre | Drama | foreign |
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| synopsis | A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes romantically involved with his dead lover’s twin sister, but more complications arise thanks to a chance encounter with a clan of shape-shifters. |
| lead actors | Hashizo Okawa | Michiko Saga | Chōichirō Kawarasaki | Yoshi Katō | Sumiko Hidaka | Kikue Mōri | Shinji Amano | Rinichi Yamamoto | Ushio Akashi | Kensaku Hara | Eijirō Yanagi | Junya Usami | Eitarō Ozawa | Kenji Susukida | Ryūnosuke Tsukigata | Tsukie Matsuura | Shinnosuke Ogata |
| director | Tomu Uchida |