Sharaku

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.

Hiroyuki Sanada

Tonbo

Shima Iwashita

Okan

Frankie Sakai

Tsutaya

Tsurutarō Kataoka

Ikugorō

Shirō 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

Yasosuke Bando

Matsudaira Sadanobu

Bandō Mitsugorō X

Matsudaira Sadanobu

Tomijuro Nakamura V

Ichikawa Danjūrō V

Eisuke Sasai

Tomisaburo Segawa