

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.
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda, Frankie Sakai, 高丘季昭
User score
12 votes
Released
June 2, 1995
2h 20m
Japanese

Hiroyuki Sanada
Tonbo

Shima Iwashita
Okan

Frankie Sakai
Tsutaya

Tsurutaro Kataoka
Ikugorō

Shiro Sano
Utamaro

Riona Hazuki
Hanasato

Toshiya Nagasawa
Tetsuzō

Haruko Katou
Ofuji
Taiko Shinbashi
Osato

Masumi Miyazaki
Gohi

Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Santō Kyōden

Takashi Tsumura
Manager Yohei

Naomasa Musaka
Tsuruya Namboku IV

Naoto Takenaka
Ōta Nanpo

Bandō Mitsugorō X
Matsudaira Sadanobu
Tomijuro Nakamura V
Ichikawa Danjūrō V
Ichikawa Danzō IX
Ichikawa Omezō I
Nakamura Shibajaku VII
Iwai Hanshirō IV

Eisuke Sasai
Tomisaburo Segawa

Hiroshi Arikawa
Tsuruya Kiemon