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Release Date:
June 2, 1995
Original Title:
写楽
Alternate Titles:
Sharaku
Genres:
Drama | History
Production Companies:
Seiyu
TSUTAYA Group
TV Asahi
hyogensha
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 140
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.
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Costume Designer:
Setsu Asakura
Director:
Masahiro Shinoda
Director of Photography:
Tatsuo Suzuki
Editor:
Masahiro Shinoda
Hirohide Abe
Executive Producer:
Frankie Sakai
Lighting Technician:
Kenichi Mizuno
Novel:
Hiroko Minagawa
Original Music Composer:
Toru Takemitsu
Producer:
Masato Hara
Production Design:
Noriyoshi Ikeya
Screenplay:
Frankie Sakai
Midori Katakura
Masahiro Shinoda
Hiroko Minagawa
Sound Recordist:
Tetsuo Segawa
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