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.
as Tonbo
as Okan
as Tsutaya
as Ikugorō
as Utamaro
as Hanasato
as Tetsuzō
as Ofuji
as Osato
as Gohi
as Santō Kyōden
as Manager Yohei
as Tsuruya Namboku IV
as Ōta Nanpo
as Matsudaira Sadanobu
as Ichikawa Danjūrō V
as Ichikawa Omezō I
as Iwai Hanshirō IV
as Tomisaburo Segawa
as Tsuruya Kiemon
as Sakichi
