

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.

Hiroyuki Sanada
Tonbo

Shima Iwashita
Okan

Frankie Sakai
Tsutaya

Tsurutaro Kataoka
Ikugorō

Shiro Sano
Utamaro

Riona Hazuki
Hanasato

Toshiya Nagasawa
Tetsuzō

Haruko Katō
Ofuji
Taiko Shinbashi
Osato

Masumi Miyazaki
Gohi