Sharaku

Sharaku

1995/06/02 • Released • Japanese

Drama
History
6.1
2h 20m

Overview

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.

Director : Masahiro Shinoda

Casts
Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada

Tonbo

Shima Iwashita

Shima Iwashita

Okan

Frankie Sakai

Frankie Sakai

Tsutaya

Tsurutaro Kataoka

Tsurutaro Kataoka

Ikugorō

Shiro Sano

Shiro Sano

Utamaro

Riona Hazuki

Riona Hazuki

Hanasato

Toshiya Nagasawa

Toshiya Nagasawa

Tetsuzō

Haruko Katō

Haruko Katō

Ofuji

Taiko Shinbashi

Osato

Masumi Miyazaki

Masumi Miyazaki

Gohi

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Santō Kyōden

Takashi Tsumura

Takashi Tsumura

Manager Yohei

Naomasa Musaka

Naomasa Musaka

Tsuruya Namboku IV

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Ōta Nanpo

Bandō Mitsugorō X

Bandō Mitsugorō X

Matsudaira Sadanobu

Tomijuro Nakamura V

Ichikawa Danjūrō V

Ichikawa Danzō IX

Ichikawa Omezō I

Nakamura Shibajaku VII

Iwai Hanshirō IV

Eisuke Sasai

Eisuke Sasai

Tomisaburo Segawa

Hiroshi Arikawa

Hiroshi Arikawa

Tsuruya Kiemon

Hiroki Ôkawa

Sakichi

Tetsuya Chiba

Tetsuya Chiba

Kumiko Tsuchiya

Kumiko Tsuchiya

Shihori Nagasaka

Shihori Nagasaka

Kimiko Yo

Kimiko Yo

Ichirō Ogura

Ichirō Ogura

Katsuhiko Hibino

Naoji Iwata

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Bun Nakamura

Masayuki Shida

Kansuke Shimizu

Satoko Yamamura

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