Rickshaw Man

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Rickshaw Man

DVD cover
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring Toshiro Mifune
Release date(s) Flag of Japan 22 April 1958
Flag of the United States 3 May 1960
Running time 103 mins
Country Japan
Language Japanese
IMDb profile

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.

[edit] 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, .

[edit] Manga

A manga based on Rickshaw Man was published by Shueisha and serialized in the Weekly Shonen Jump, Shonen manga magazine. The manga barely lasted in the manga anthology.

Preceded by
Aparajito
Golden Lion winner
1958
Succeeded by
General della Rovere
tied with The Great War