CouchPotato
Top RatedPopular
Sharaku

写楽

6.1

140 minutes

6/2/1995

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.

Cast List

  • Hiroyuki Sanada Picture

    Hiroyuki Sanada

    as Tonbo

  • Shima Iwashita Picture

    Shima Iwashita

    as Okan

  • Frankie Sakai Picture

    Frankie Sakai

    as Tsutaya

  • Tsurutaro Kataoka Picture

    Tsurutaro Kataoka

    as Ikugorō

  • Shiro Sano Picture

    Shiro Sano

    as Utamaro

  • Riona Hazuki Picture

    Riona Hazuki

    as Hanasato

  • Toshiya Nagasawa Picture

    Toshiya Nagasawa

    as Tetsuzō

  • Haruko Katō Picture

    Haruko Katō

    as Ofuji

  • Taiko Shinbashi Picture

    Taiko Shinbashi

    as Osato

  • Masumi Miyazaki Picture

    Masumi Miyazaki

    as Gohi

  • Chōichirō Kawarasaki Picture

    Chōichirō Kawarasaki

    as Santō Kyōden

  • Takashi Tsumura Picture

    Takashi Tsumura

    as Manager Yohei

  • Naomasa Musaka Picture

    Naomasa Musaka

    as Tsuruya Namboku IV

  • Naoto Takenaka Picture

    Naoto Takenaka

    as Ōta Nanpo

  • Bandō Mitsugorō X Picture

    Bandō Mitsugorō X

    as Matsudaira Sadanobu

  • Tomijuro Nakamura V Picture

    Tomijuro Nakamura V

    as Ichikawa Danjūrō V

  • Ichikawa Danzō IX Picture

    Ichikawa Danzō IX

    as Ichikawa Omezō I

  • Nakamura Shibajaku VII Picture

    Nakamura Shibajaku VII

    as Iwai Hanshirō IV

  • Eisuke Sasai Picture

    Eisuke Sasai

    as Tomisaburo Segawa

  • Hiroshi Arikawa Picture

    Hiroshi Arikawa

    as Tsuruya Kiemon

  • Hiroki Ôkawa Picture

    Hiroki Ôkawa

    as Sakichi

  • Tetsuya Chiba Picture

    Tetsuya Chiba

  • Kumiko Tsuchiya Picture

    Kumiko Tsuchiya

  • Shihori Nagasaka Picture

    Shihori Nagasaka

  • Kimiko Yo Picture

    Kimiko Yo

  • Ichirō Ogura Picture

    Ichirō Ogura

  • Katsuhiko Hibino Picture

    Katsuhiko Hibino

  • Naoji Iwata Picture

    Naoji Iwata

  • Jun Hamamura Picture

    Jun Hamamura

  • Bun Nakamura Picture

    Bun Nakamura

  • Masayuki Shida Picture

    Masayuki Shida

  • Kansuke Shimizu Picture

    Kansuke Shimizu

  • Satoko Yamamura Picture

    Satoko Yamamura