Sharaku
写楽
Release: 1995-06-02
·Runtime: 140m
·★ 6.1
Drama
History
A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal. The film explores the eternal relationship between artist and producer, and describes the emanicipation of a man who refuses to let himself become the plaything of power and money.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TSUTAYA Group
hyogensha
TV Asahi
Seiyu
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Jun Hamamura
Bandō Mitsugorō X
as Matsudaira Sadanobu
Riona Hazuki
as Hanasato
Hiroshi Arikawa
as Tsuruya Kiemon
Kimiko Yo
Haruko Katō
as Ofuji
Shiro Sano
as Utamaro
Takashi Tsumura
as Manager Yohei
Naoto Takenaka
as Ōta Nanpo
Hiroyuki Sanada
as Tonbo
Tsurutaro Kataoka
as Ikugorō
Toshiya Nagasawa
as Tetsuzō
Kumiko Tsuchiya
Frankie Sakai
as Tsutaya
Naomasa Musaka
as Tsuruya Namboku IV
Tetsuya Chiba
Ichirō Ogura
Masumi Miyazaki
as Gohi
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
as Santō Kyōden
Shihori Nagasaka
Shima Iwashita
as Okan
Eisuke Sasai
as Tomisaburo Segawa
