Rickshaw Man
| Rickshaw Man | |
|---|---|
| File:Muhomatsu no issho poster.jpg Japanese movie poster shows Toshirō Mifune playing taiko. | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Inagaki |
| Starring | Toshirō Mifune Hideko Takamine |
Release dates | Japan 22 April 1958 USA 3 May 1960 |
Running time | 103 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Rickshaw Man is a 1958 color Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. Its original Japanese title is "The Life of Wild Matsu" (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
Director won 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.
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