Movie: Ukiyo-e Artist

Top 10 Billed Cast

Ryōji Hayama
葉山良二

Hiroshi Nawa
名和宏

Toshie Nihon'yanagi
二本柳俊衣

Genshū Hanayagi
花柳幻舟

Tokiko Mita
三田登喜子

Kozue Katori
火鳥こずえ

Noriko Tatsumi
辰巳典子

Shōgetsuni

Miki Hayashi
林美樹

Shinji Takano
高野眞二

Yōichi Numata
沼田曜一

Kasuke

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    A portrait of a man trying to become an artist in order to escape from his life as a miserable peasant due to severe annual tribute during the reign of the fifth Tokugawa Shogun Tsunayoshi.

  • Release Date

    1968-10-19

  • Average

    9

  • Rating:

    4.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語

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