Rickshaw Man

Rickshaw Man (無法松の一生), 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.

Cast

 * Toshiro Mifune - Matsugoro (Muhōmatsu, "Wild Matsu")
 * Hideko Takamine - Yoshiko Yoshioka
 * Hiroshi Akutagawa - Capt. Kotaro Yoshioka
 * Chishū Ryū - Shigezo Yuki
 * Choko Iida - Otora (innkeeper)
 * Haruo Tanaka - Kumakichi
 * Jun Tatara - Theatre employee
 * Kenji Kasahara - Toshio Yoshioka
 * Dump Matsumoto - Young Toshio
 * Nobuo Nakamura - Yoshiko's brother
 * Ichirō Arishima - Medicine peddler
 * Chieko Nakakita - Yoshiko's sister-in-law
 * Seiji Miyaguchi - Fencing master
 * Bokuzen Hidari

Awards
Director Hiroshi Inagaki won 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.