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
Hiroyuki Sanada
Tonbo
Shima Iwashita
Okan
Frankie Sakai
Tsutaya
Tsurutaro Kataoka
Ikugorō
Shiro Sano
Utamaro
Riona Hazuki
Hanasato
Toshiya Nagasawa
Tetsuzō
Haruko Katō
Ofuji
Taiko Shinbashi
Osato
Masumi Miyazaki
Gohi
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Santō Kyōden
Takashi Tsumura
Manager Yohei
Naomasa Musaka
Tsuruya Namboku IV
Naoto Takenaka
Ōta Nanpo
Bandō Mitsugorō X
Matsudaira Sadanobu
Tomijuro Nakamura V
Ichikawa Danjūrō V
Ichikawa Danzō IX
Ichikawa Omezō I
Nakamura Shibajaku VII
Iwai Hanshirō IV
Eisuke Sasai
Tomisaburo Segawa
Hiroshi Arikawa
Tsuruya Kiemon
Hiroki Ôkawa
Sakichi
Tetsuya Chiba
Unknown
Kumiko Tsuchiya
Unknown
Shihori Nagasaka
Unknown
Kimiko Yo
Unknown
Ichirō Ogura
Unknown
Katsuhiko Hibino
Unknown
Naoji Iwata
Unknown
Jun Hamamura
Unknown
Bun Nakamura
Unknown
Masayuki Shida
Unknown
Kansuke Shimizu
Unknown
Satoko Yamamura
Unknown
Crew
Masahiro Shinoda
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Midori Katakura
Screenplay
Frankie Sakai
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Hiroko Minagawa
Screenplay, Novel
Hirohide Abe
Editor
Tatsuo Suzuki
Director of Photography
Masato Hara
Producer
Noriyoshi Ikeya
Production Design
Setsu Asakura
Costume Designer
Tetsuo Segawa
Sound Recordist
Kenichi Mizuno
Lighting Technician
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Nobuhiro Yamashita
Decorator
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