Sharaku

2h 20m

6.7

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.

Crew

Masahiro Shinoda

Director, Screenplay, Editor

Screenplay, Executive Producer

Midori Katakura

Hiroko Minagawa

Screenplay, Novel

Director of Photography

Noriyoshi Ikeya

Production Design

Costume Designer

Sound Recordist

Lighting Technician

Original Music Composer

Nobuhiro Yamashita