
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.
Tonbo

Okan

Tsutaya

Ikugorō

Utamaro

Hanasato

Tetsuzō

Ofuji

Osato
Gohi

Santō Kyōden

Manager Yohei

Tsuruya Namboku IV

Ōta Nanpo

Matsudaira Sadanobu

Ichikawa Danjūrō V
Ichikawa Omezō I
Iwai Hanshirō IV
Tomisaburo Segawa

Tsuruya Kiemon

Sakichi
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