Rickshaw Man
| Rickshaw Man | |
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 Japanese movie poster | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Inagaki |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
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Release dates |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Rickshaw Man (無法松の一生, Muhōmatsu no isshō, "The Life of Wild Matsu"), also released as Muhomatsu, the Rickshaw Man or The Rikisha-Man, is a 1958 color Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.[1]
Set in the 1900s, it tells the story of Muhōmatsu, a rickshaw man played by Toshiro Mifune, who becomes a surrogate father to the child of a recently widowed woman played by Hideko Takamine.[2][3][4]
The film is a remake of a 1943 film of the same name.
Cast
- Toshiro Mifune - Matsugoro (Muhōmatsu, "Wild Matsu")
- Hideko Takamine - Yoshiko Yoshioka
- Hiroshi Akutagawa - Capt. Kotaro Yoshioka
- Chishū Ryū - Shigezo Yuki
- Choko Iida - Otora (innkeeper)
- Haruo Tanaka - Kumakichi
- Jun Tatara - Theatre employee
- Kenji Kasahara - Toshio Yoshioka
- Dump Matsumoto - Young Toshio
- Nobuo Nakamura - Yoshiko's brother
- Ichirō Arishima - Medicine peddler
- Chieko Nakakita - Yoshiko's sister-in-law
- Seiji Miyaguchi - Fencing master
- Bokuzen Hidari
Awards
Director Hiroshi Inagaki won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival in 1958.
Manga
A manga based on Rickshaw Man was published by Shueisha and serialized in the Weekly Shōnen Jump.
References
- ^ Monaco, James (February 14, 1991). "The Encyclopedia of Film". Perigee Books – via Google Books.
- ^ Berra, John (January 9, 2012). "Directory of World Cinema: Japan 2". Intellect Books – via Google Books.
- ^ Stalker, Nancy K. (August 14, 2018). "Japan: History and Culture from Classical to Cool". Univ of California Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Guides, Rough (May 1, 2008). "The Rough Guide to Film". Rough Guides UK – via Google Books.
External links
- (in Japanese) 無法松の一生
- Rickshaw Man at IMDb
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