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.

• Midori KatakuraScreenplay
• Frankie SakaiScreenplay
• Hiroko MinagawaScreenplay
• Masahiro ShinodaScreenplay
• Masahiro ShinodaDirector
• Toru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer

• Hiroyuki SanadaTonbo
• Shima IwashitaOkan
• Frankie SakaiTsutaya
• Tsurutaro KataokaIkugorō
• Shiro SanoUtamaro
• Riona HazukiHanasato
• Toshiya NagasawaTetsuzō
• Haruko KatōOfuji
• Taiko ShinbashiOsato
• Masumi MiyazakiGohi
• Chōichirō KawarasakiSantō Kyōden
• Takashi TsumuraManager Yohei