Sharaku
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.
Cast & Crew
Hiroyuki Sanada
Tonbo
Shima Iwashita
Okan
Frankie Sakai
Tsutaya
Tsurutaro Kataoka
Ikugorō
Shiro Sano
Utamaro
Riona Hazuki
Hanasato
Toshiya Nagasawa
Tetsuzō
Haruko Katō
Ofuji
Taiko Shinbashi
Osato
Masumi Miyazaki
Gohi
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Santō Kyōden
Takashi Tsumura
Manager Yohei
Naomasa Musaka
Tsuruya Namboku IV
Naoto Takenaka
Ōta Nanpo
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
Tomisaburo Segawa
Hiroshi Arikawa
Tsuruya Kiemon
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