Rickshaw Man

Rickshaw Man

Japanese movie poster shows Toshirō Mifune playing taiko.
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring Toshirō Mifune
Hideko Takamine
Release date(s) 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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