Sharaku (1995)

7.0/10 • 140 min • Drama History

Overview

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.

Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada

Shima Iwashita

Frankie Sakai

Tsurutaro Kataoka

Shiro Sano

Riona Hazuki

Toshiya Nagasawa

Haruko Katō

Masumi Miyazaki

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Takashi Tsumura

Naomasa Musaka

Tsuruya Namboku IV

Naoto Takenaka

Bandō Mitsugorō X

Matsudaira Sadanobu

Eisuke Sasai

Tomisaburo Segawa

Hiroshi Arikawa

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