Sharaku
Movie
写楽
1995/06/02
Speech duration
1h 21min
Word count7,514
Unique words2,090
Words (1-occurrence)1,322
Unique kanji820
Kanji (1-occurrence)296
Speech speed
242
Difficulty Hard
External Rating
67 %

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.

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