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