Crippled Kabuki player Tonbo is taken in by a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold art, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- TSUTAYA Group, hyogensha, TV Asahi, Seiyu
Keywords
- jidaigeki
- edo period
- japanese painter
- kasei culture
- tsutaya jūzaburō
- tōshūsai sharaku
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Top Cast
Hiroyuki Sanada as Tonbo
Shima Iwashita as Okan
Frankie Sakai as Tsutaya
Tsurutaro Kataoka as Ikugorō
Shiro Sano as Utamaro
Riona Hazuki as Hanasato
Toshiya Nagasawa as Tetsuzō
Haruko Katō as Ofuji
Top Crew
Masahiro Shinoda · Director, Screenplay
Midori Katakura · Screenplay
Frankie Sakai · Screenplay
Toru Takemitsu · Composer
Tatsuo Suzuki · Cinematographer
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