Sharaku
7 reviews
Drama/History
2h 20m
1995
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...
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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.
- DirectorMasahiro Shinoda
- Release2 June 1995
- Genre
- Duration2h 20m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate7 reviews
- Productions
TSUTAYA Group, hyogensha, TV Asahi, Seiyu
Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada
Tonbo

Shima Iwashita
Okan

Frankie Sakai
Tsutaya

Tsurutaro Kataoka
Ikugorō

Shiro Sano
Utamaro

Riona Hazuki
Hanasato

Toshiya Nagasawa
Tetsuzō

Haruko Katō
Ofuji

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

Eisuke Sasai
Tomisaburo Segawa

Hiroshi Arikawa
Tsuruya Kiemon

Tetsuya Chiba

Kumiko Tsuchiya

Shihori Nagasaka

Kimiko Yo

Ichirō Ogura

Jun Hamamura
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