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Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 68GoodWatch 68
Letterboxd · 241 ratings3.4/5
IMDb6.6
Running time
2 h 20 min
Longer than most dramas, +31 min on the typical 109
typical 109140Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1995
June 2, 1995
31 years ago
Genres
DramaHistoryLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
and 13 more21 people
- Hiroyuki SanadaTonbo
- Shima IwashitaOkan
- Frankie SakaiTsutaya
- Tsurutaro KataokaIkugorō
- Shiro SanoUtamaro
- Riona HazukiHanasato
- Toshiya NagasawaTetsuzō
- Haruko KatouOfuji
- TSTaiko ShinbashiOsato
Masumi MiyazakiGohi
Chōichirō KawarasakiSantō Kyōden
Takashi TsumuraManager Yohei
Naomasa MusakaTsuruya Namboku IV
Naoto TakenakaŌta Nanpo
Bandō Mitsugorō XMatsudaira Sadanobu- TNTomijuro Nakamura VIchikawa Danjūrō V
- IDIchikawa Danzō IXIchikawa Omezō I
- NSNakamura Shibajaku VIIIwai Hanshirō IV
Eisuke SasaiTomisaburo Segawa
Hiroshi ArikawaTsuruya Kiemon- HÔHiroki ÔkawaSakichi
Directing · 1
- Masahiro Shinoda Director, Screenplay, Editor
Writing · 3
- Frankie Sakai Screenplay, Executive Producer
- Hiroko Minagawa Screenplay, Novel
- Midori Katakura Screenplay
Production · 2
- 高丘季昭 Executive Producer
- Masato Hara Producer
Camera · 1
- Tatsuo Suzuki Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Hirohide Abe Editor
Sound · 2
- Tōru Takemitsu Original Music Composer
- Tetsuo Segawa Sound Recordist
Art · 3
- Noriyoshi Ikeya Production Design
- Katsumi Asaba Production Design
- Nobuhiro Yamashita Decorator
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Setsu Asakura Costume Design
Lighting · 1
- Kenichi Mizuno Gaffer
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