Rickshaw Man (1958)

Original title

無法松の一生

Directed by

Hiroshi Inagaki

Genre

comedy film, action film, kung fu film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

13

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In late 19th to early 20th century Japan, a boisterous rickshaw puller named Matsugoro forms a bond with a widowed woman and her young son. He takes on a fatherly role in the boy's life, offering guidance and care as they navigate loss together.

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What happens

Rickshaw Man (無法松の一生, Muhōmatsu no isshō; "The Life of Wild Matsu"), also released as Muhomatsu, the Rickshaw Man or The Rikisha-Man, is a 1958 color Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. It is a remake of his own 1943 film. In the 1943 version Tsumasaburo Bando played the role of Muhōmatsu. In October 2020, a digitally re-mastered 83 minute long version of the original black-and-white film in 4K quality was released in Tokyo at the Tokyo International Film Festival, with a Blu-ray disc going on sale on 26 March 2021. Set in Japan during the late 19th century up to the early 20th century, it tells the story of Matsugoro, a rickshaw man played by Toshiro Mifune, who becomes a surrogate father to the child of a recently widowed woman played by Hideko Takamine. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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