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Japanese movie poster shows Toshirō Mifune playing taiko. |
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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.
Director won Hiroshi Inagaki the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival in 1958.
A manga based on Rickshaw Man was published by Shueisha and serialized in the Weekly Shōnen Jump.
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