Sharaku

Stage actor Jurobei (Hiroyuki Sanada) ) injured her ankle in a performance accident and was forced to leave the stage to join the Street Ronin Troupe. During this period, he met the geisha Hanari (played by Rina Hazuki), but due to his identity, he could never get close to her. When he was down and out, he painted to pass the time. The owner of the Edo publishing house Koshodo, Tsutaya Juzaburo (played by Furuno Sakai), had half of his property confiscated due to the shogunate's "lenient reforms". After the ban was lifted, the famous Ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utama (played by Sano Shiro), whom he personally trained after the ban, also found another job. By chance, Tsutaya saw Jurobei's paintings and was overjoyed. He recruited him under his wing and published his works collectively under the name "Tosusai Sharaku". Sharaku's weird painting style was ridiculed by the public at first, but gradually became accepted and sought after by the general public, and Utama's status was threatened... The film won the fifth place in the Japanese film of the year and the best actor in the Japanese Film Newspaper. [Background] Shaile officially debuted in May 1794 and disappeared in January of the following year. Within 10 months, he published more than 140 works. The creation speed was so fast and the style changed several times, which was beyond the capabilities of ukiyo-e artists at that time. With the death of Tsutaya Juzaburo, Sharaku's true identity has become a mystery that will never be solved.