Sharaku
1995A 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.
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Hiroyuki Sanada
as Tonbo
Shima Iwashita
as Okan
Frankie Sakai
as Tsutaya
Tsurutaro Kataoka
as Ikugorō
Shirō Sano
as Utamaro
Riona Hazuki
as Hanasato
Toshiya Nagasawa
as Tetsuzō
Haruko Katō
as Ofuji
Taiko Shinbashi
as Osato
Masumi Miyazaki
as Gohi
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
as Santō Kyōden
Takashi Tsumura
as Manager Yohei
Naomasa Musaka
as Tsuruya Namboku IV
Naoto Takenaka
as Ōta Nanpo
Bandō Mitsugorō X
as Matsudaira Sadanobu
Tomijuro Nakamura V
as Ichikawa Danjūrō V
Ichikawa Danzō IX
as Ichikawa Omezō I
Nakamura Shibajaku VII
as Iwai Hanshirō IV
Eisuke Sasai
as Tomisaburo Segawa
Hiroshi Arikawa
as Tsuruya Kiemon
Hiroki Ôkawa
as Sakichi
Chiba Tetsuya
Kumiko Tsuchiya
Shihori Nagasaka
Kimiko Yo
Ichirō Ogura
Katsuhiko Hibino
Naoji Iwata
Jun Hamamura
Bun Nakamura
Masayuki Shida
Kansuke Shimizu
Satoko Yamamura