Sharaku (1995)

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.
Masahiro Shinoda
Hiroyuki Sanada, Shima Iwashita, Frankie Sakai, Tsurutaro Kataoka, Shiro Sano, Riona Hazuki, Toshiya Nagasawa, Haruko Katô, Taiko Shinbashi, Masumi Miyazaki, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Takashi Tsumura, Naomasa Musaka, Yasosuke Bando, Naoto Takenaka, Eisuke Sasai, Hiroshi Arikawa, Hiroki Ôkawa, Tetsuya Chiba, Kumiko Tsuchiya, Shihori Nagasaka, Kimiko Yo, Ichirō Ogura, Katsuhiko Hibino, Naoji Iwata, Jun Hamamura, Bun Nakamura, Masayuki Shida, Kansuke Shimizu, Satoko Yamamura, Tomijuro Nakamura V
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