Rickshaw Man
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] It is a remake of his own 1943 film. In the 1943 version Tsumasaburo Bando played the role of Muhōmatsu.[2]
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| Directed by | Hiroshi Inagaki |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Screenplay by | Hiroshi Inagaki Mansaku Itami |
| Story by | Shunsaku Iwashita |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Ikuma Dan |
| Cinematography | Kazuo Yamada |
| Edited by | Yoshitami Kuroiwa |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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.[3][4][5]
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. ISBN 9780399516047 – via Google Books.
- "無法松の一生". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- Berra, John (January 9, 2012). Directory of World Cinema: Japan 2. Intellect Books. ISBN 9781841505985 – via Google Books.
- Stalker, Nancy K. (August 14, 2018). Japan: History and Culture from Classical to Cool. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520962835 – via Google Books.
- Guides, Rough (May 1, 2008). The Rough Guide to Film. Rough Guides UK. ISBN 9781848361256 – via Google Books.
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