An Heir's Place (1953)
Original title: 獅子の座
An Heir's Place is a 1953 Japanese-language movie directed by Daisuke Itō, with a running time of 2h 5m. It stars Kazuo Hasegawa, Kinuyo Tanaka and Yūji Hori.
This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh actors. The heir, Hosho Yagoro, is played by Hasegawa Kuzuo who went on to become familiar among Ichikawa Kon fans as Yukinojo in An Actor's Revenge, which was also co-written by Ito, adding to the relatedness of An Heir's Place.