Drama ·Comedy · Japan · 1958 · 1h 43m

The Rickshaw Man

無法松の一生

The Rickshaw Man poster
Director
Hiroshi Inagaki
Cast
Toshirō Mifune as Matsugorō Tomishima Hideko Takamine as Yoshiko Yoshioka Hiroshi Akutagawa as Capitaine Kotaro Yoshioka Chōko Iida as Otora Chishū Ryū as Toyozo Yuki Haruo Tanaka as
Crew
Kazuo Yamada — Director of Photography Yoshitami Kuroiwa — Editor Ikuma Dan — Original Music Composer Hiroshi Inagaki — Screenplay Mansaku Itami — Screenplay Shunsaku Iwashita — Novel
Synopsis

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

Trailer The Rickshaw Man — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
widowremakerickshawfather figuresocial differencesdrunkennessfeudal japanunattainable desiremeiji period
Key Collaborators
Hiroshi Inagaki Director Kazuo Yamada Director of Photography Yoshitami Kuroiwa Editor Ikuma Dan Original Music Composer Hiroshi Inagaki Screenplay Mansaku Itami Screenplay Shunsaku Iwashita Novel Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer
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