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

Hiroyuki Sanada

Tonbo

Shima Iwashita

Okan

Frankie Sakai

Tsutaya

Tsurutaro Kataoka

Ikugorō

Shiro Sano

Utamaro

Riona Hazuki

Hanasato

Toshiya Nagasawa

Tetsuzō

Haruko Katō

Ofuji

N/A

Taiko Shinbashi

Osato

Masumi Miyazaki

Gohi

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Santō Kyōden

Takashi Tsumura

Manager Yohei