Sharaku
140 mins
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.
Taiko Shinbashi
Osato
Tomijuro Nakamura V
Ichikawa Danjūrō V
Ichikawa Danzō IX
Ichikawa Omezō I
Nakamura Shibajaku VII
Iwai Hanshirō IV
Hiroki Ôkawa
Sakichi
Hiroko Minagawa
Novel
Midori Katakura
Screenplay
Hiroko Minagawa
Screenplay
Masato Hara
Producer
Kenichi Mizuno
Lighting Technician
Hirohide Abe
Editor
Nobuhiro Yamashita
Decorator