写楽 (1995)

Run Time: 2h20m | Release: 02 Jun 1995

Production Countries: Japan

6.1 / 107 Vote Count

Overview:

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.