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Rickshaw Man
File:Muhomatsu no issho poster.jpg
Japanese movie poster shows Toshirō Mifune playing taiko.
Directed byHiroshi Inagaki
StarringToshirō Mifune
Release dates
Japan 22 April 1958
United States 3 May 1960
Running time
103 min.
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Rickshaw Man is a 1958 color Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. Its original Japanese title is "Wild Matsu the Rickshaw Man" (無法松の一生, Muhomatsu no issho'). 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.

Manga

A manga based on Rickshaw Man was published by Shueisha and serialized in the Weekly Shōnen Jump.

See also