Movielogr
Sharaku (1995)
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda
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.
Length 140 minutes
Actors
Hiroyuki Sanada | Shima Iwashita | Frankie Sakai | Tsurutaro Kataoka | Shirô Sano | Riona Hazuki | Toshiya Nagasawa | Haruko Kato | Taiko Shinbashi | Masumi Miyazaki | Choichiro Kawarazaki | Takashi Tsumura | Naomasa Musaka | Naoto Takenaka | Bandō Mitsugorō X | Tomijuro Nakamura V | Ichikawa Danzō IX | Nakamura Shibajaku VII | Eisuke Sasai | Hiroshi Arikawa | Hiroki Ôkawa | Tetsuya Chiba | Kumiko Tsuchiya | Shihori Nagasaka | Kimiko Yo | Ichirô Ogura | Katsuhiko Hibino | Naoji Iwata | Jun Hamamura | Bun Nakamura | Masayuki Shida | Kansuke Shimizu | Satoko Yamamura