Sharaku
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Directed by	Masahiro Shinoda
Written by	Midori Katakura Hiroko Minagawa Masatoshi Sakai Masahiro Shinoda
Produced by	Masato Hara Frankie Sakai
Starring	Hiroyuki Sanada
Cinematography	Tatsuo Suzuki
Edited by	Hirohide Abe
Music by	Tōru Takemitsu
Release date	4 February 1995 (1995-02-04)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Sharaku (Japanese: 写楽) is a 1995 Japanese drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda.^[1]^[2] It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.^[3]

Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada as Tonbo
Frankie Sakai as Tsutaya
Shima Iwashita as Troupe Leader
Tsurutarō Kataoka as Goro
Shirō Sano as Utamaro
Riona Hazuki as Hanasato
Toshiya Nagasawa as Tetsuzo (the future Hokusai)
Yasosuke Bando as Matsudaira Sadanobu
Nakamura Tomijyuro V as Gosei
Haruko Kato as Ofuji
Masumi Miyazaki as Gohi
Choichiro Kawarazaki as Santo Kyoden
Naomasa Musaka as Manager Yohei

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Films directed by Masahiro Shinoda

Films directed by Masahiro Shinoda

Killers on Parade (1961)
Assassination (1964)
Pale Flower (1964)
With Beauty and Sorrow (1965
Samurai Spy (1965)
Double Suicide (1969)
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan (1970)
Silence (1971)
Himiko (1974)
Ballad of Orin (1977)
MacArthur's Children (1984)
Gonza the Spearman (1986)
Childhood Days (1990)
Sharaku (1995)
Moonlight Serenade (1997)
Owls' Castle (1999)

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