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
Tsurutaro Kataoka
as Ikugorō
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
as Santō Kyōden
Toshiya Nagasawa
as Tetsuzō
Hiroshi Arikawa
as Tsuruya Kiemon
Kimiko Yo
Shima Iwashita
as Okan
Shiro Sano
as Utamaro
Masumi Miyazaki
as Gohi
Frankie Sakai
as Tsutaya
Naoto Takenaka
as Ōta Nanpo
Bandō Mitsugorō X
as Matsudaira Sadanobu
Eisuke Sasai
as Tomisaburo Segawa
Shihori Nagasaka
Hiroyuki Sanada
as Tonbo
Riona Hazuki
as Hanasato
Haruko Katō
as Ofuji
Takashi Tsumura
as Manager Yohei
Naomasa Musaka
as Tsuruya Namboku IV
Jun Hamamura
Tetsuya Chiba
Kumiko Tsuchiya
Ichirō Ogura
