Kinuyo also starred in Japan's first ever talkie entitled "Madamu to Nyobo" (Madame and the Courtesan) directed by Gosho, and was thus received as a star even in the era of talking pictures.
また、五所監督による日本初のトーキー、『マダムと女房』に主演し、トーキー時代になっても、スターとして迎えられる。