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Rickshaw Man

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Rickshaw Man
File:Rickshaw Man.jpg
DVD cover
Directed byHiroshi Inagaki
StarringToshiro Mifune
Release dates
Japan 22 April, 1958
United States 3 May, 1960
Running time
103 mins
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Rickshaw Man is a 1958 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. Its original Japanese title is Muhomatsu no issho' ("Wild Matsu the Rickshaw Man"). It tells the story of a Matsugoro, a rickshaw man who becomes a surrogate father to the child of a recently widowed woman.

The film is a remake of a 1943 film of the same name.

Awards

The Rickshaw Man, is listed on IMDB as having won Toshiro Mifune the Best Actor award and director Hiroshi Inagaki the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival in 1958, .

Preceded by Golden Lion winner
1958
Succeeded by