Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Frankie SakaiScreenplay
- Midori KatakuraScreenplay
- Masahiro ShinodaScreenplay
- Hiroko MinagawaScreenplay
- Masahiro ShinodaDirector
- Tōru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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
Stills
Themes
jidaigekiedo periodjapanese painterkasei culturetsutaya jūzaburōtōshūsai sharaku