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.
Screenplay: Frankie Sakai, Midori Katakura, Masahiro Shinoda, Hiroko Minagawa
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Producer: Masato Hara
Director of Photography: Tatsuo Suzuki
Sharaku trailer / 写楽 「映画の予告編」