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Sharaku
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Sharaku 1995 Directed by Masahiro Shinoda 写楽

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Drama , History
Production Companies TV Asahi , Seiyu , hyogensha , TSUTAYA Group
Release Date 2 June 1995
140 mins
Cast
Hiroyuki Sanada
Hiroyuki Sanada Tonbo
Shima Iwashita
Shima Iwashita Okan
Frankie Sakai
Frankie Sakai Tsutaya
Tsurutaro Kataoka
Tsurutaro Kataoka Ikugorō
Shiro Sano
Shiro Sano Utamaro
Riona Hazuki
Riona Hazuki Hanasato
Toshiya Nagasawa
Toshiya Nagasawa Tetsuzō
Haruko Katō
Haruko Katō Ofuji
Taiko Shinbashi
Taiko Shinbashi Osato
Masumi Miyazaki
Masumi Miyazaki Gohi
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Chōichirō Kawarasaki Santō Kyōden
Takashi Tsumura
Takashi Tsumura Manager Yohei
Naomasa Musaka
Naomasa Musaka Tsuruya Namboku IV
Naoto Takenaka
Naoto Takenaka Ōta Nanpo
Bandō Mitsugorō X
Bandō Mitsugorō X Matsudaira Sadanobu
Tomijuro Nakamura V
Tomijuro Nakamura V Ichikawa Danjūrō V
Ichikawa Danzō IX
Ichikawa Danzō IX Ichikawa Omezō I
Nakamura Shibajaku VII
Nakamura Shibajaku VII Iwai Hanshirō IV
Eisuke Sasai
Eisuke Sasai Tomisaburo Segawa
Hiroshi Arikawa
Hiroshi Arikawa Tsuruya Kiemon
Hiroki Ôkawa
Hiroki Ôkawa Sakichi
Tetsuya Chiba
Tetsuya Chiba
Kumiko Tsuchiya
Kumiko Tsuchiya
Shihori Nagasaka
Shihori Nagasaka
Kimiko Yo
Kimiko Yo
Ichirō Ogura
Ichirō Ogura
Katsuhiko Hibino
Katsuhiko Hibino
Naoji Iwata
Naoji Iwata
Jun Hamamura
Jun Hamamura
Bun Nakamura
Bun Nakamura
Masayuki Shida
Masayuki Shida
Kansuke Shimizu
Kansuke Shimizu
Satoko Yamamura
Satoko Yamamura
Crew
Director
Masahiro Shinoda
Masahiro Shinoda
Writers
Midori Katakura
Midori Katakura
Frankie Sakai
Frankie Sakai
Masahiro Shinoda
Masahiro Shinoda
Hiroko Minagawa
Hiroko Minagawa
Producer
Masato Hara
Masato Hara
Executive Producer
Frankie Sakai
Frankie Sakai
Cinematography
Tatsuo Suzuki
Tatsuo Suzuki
Composer
Toru Takemitsu
Toru Takemitsu
Editors
Masahiro Shinoda
Masahiro Shinoda
Hirohide Abe
Hirohide Abe
Production Design
Noriyoshi Ikeya
Noriyoshi Ikeya
Original Writer
Hiroko Minagawa
Hiroko Minagawa
Costume Design
Setsu Asakura
Setsu Asakura
Lighting
Kenichi Mizuno
Kenichi Mizuno