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Sharaku

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Calorie Rating: 197
Released: 1995-06-02
Running Time: 140 Minutes
Studios: TSUTAYA Group, hyogensha, TV Asahi, Seiyu,


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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Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada
Character: Tonbo
Shima Iwashita
Character: Okan
Frankie Sakai
Character: Tsutaya

Tsurutaro Kataoka
Character: Ikugorō
Shirō Sano
Character: Utamaro
Riona Hazuki
Character: Hanasato

Toshiya Nagasawa
Character: Tetsuzō
Haruko Katō
Character: Ofuji
Taiko Shinbashi
Character: Osato

Masumi Miyazaki
Character: Gohi
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Character: Santō Kyōden
Takashi Tsumura
Character: Manager Yohei

Naomasa Musaka
Character: Tsuruya Namboku IV
Naoto Takenaka
Character: Ōta Nanpo
Bandō Mitsugorō X
Character: Matsudaira Sadanobu

Tomijuro Nakamura V
Character: Ichikawa Danjūrō V
Ichikawa Danzō IX
Character: Ichikawa Omezō I
Nakamura Shibajaku VII
Character: Iwai Hanshirō IV

Eisuke Sasai
Character: Tomisaburo Segawa
Hiroshi Arikawa
Character: Tsuruya Kiemon
Hiroki Ôkawa
Character: Sakichi






Production and Crew

Tatsuo Suzuki
Director of Photography
Setsu Asakura
Costume Designer
Tetsuo Segawa
Sound Recordist

Kenichi Mizuno
Lighting Technician

Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Noriyoshi Ikeya
Production Design
Frankie Sakai
Executive Producer

Masato Hara
Producer
Frankie Sakai
Screenplay