Hitomi Kuroki is a Japanese actress and film director. Her birth name is Shoko Ichiji née Egami.
Hitomi Kuroki at the 59th Golden Horse Awards in November 2022
The Takarazuka Revue is a Japanese all-female musical theatre troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway-style productions of Western-style musicals and stories adapted from films, novels, shōjo manga, and Japanese folktales. The Takarazuka Revue Company is a division of the Hankyu Railway company; all members of the troupe are employed by Hankyu.
Parisette, 1930
Takarazuka Grand Theater (Hyōgo Prefecture)
The first performance, Donburako, in 1914.
A historical photograph of a stage performance; all of the actors are women, some of whom are cross-dressing.