Sharaku

6.7/ 10(10 votes)

2h 20m

June 2, 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 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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Directed byMasahiro Shinoda

Cast (33)

Hiroyuki Sanada

Tonbo

Shima Iwashita

Okan

Frankie Sakai

Tsutaya

Tsurutaro Kataoka

Ikugorō

Shiro Sano

Utamaro

Sharaku

Cast (33)

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