Muhomatsu no issho (1958)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Hiroshi Inagaki

Writers:

Hiroshi Inagaki (writer)
Mansaku Itami (writer)

Release Date:

3 May 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself taking care of a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

Plot Keywords:

Forbidden Love | Remake

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Toshirô Mifune	...	Matsugoro
Hideko Takamine	...	Yoshiko Yoshioka
Hiroshi Akutagawa	...	Capt. Kotaro Yoshioka
Chishu Ryu	...	Shigezo Yuki
Chouko Iida	...	Otora (innkeeper)
Haruo Tanaka	...	Kumakichi
Jun Tatara	...	Theatre employee
Kenji Kasahara	...	Toshio Yoshioka
Kaoru Matsumoto	...	Young Toshio
Nobuo Nakamura	...	Yoshiko's brother
Ichirô Arishima	...	Medicine peddler
Chieko Nakakita	...	Yoshiko's sister-in-law
Seiji Miyaguchi	...	Fencing master
Bokuzen Hidari
Kokuten Kodo

Also Known As:

Muhomatsu, the Rikshaw Man
The Rickshaw Man (USA)
Wild Matsu, the Rickshaw Man (literal English title)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Toho Company

Movie Connections:

Remake of Muhomatsu no issho (1943)

Sad tale about a poor Rikisha man....

Really great movie. About a poor rikisha man, Matsu)mifune) who cares for Toshio and her son after her husband, Yoshioka suddenly dies. Matsu acts as the boy's fatherly figure, he spots the child with a tangled up kite..he parks his rikshaw with a customer seated and runs over to help out the kid; he plays games, tells stories about himself to the kid and the best bit is the games..during a parade he jumps up to a great big kodo drum and begins to play...that is the best part. I won't give the end away. Gotta see that for yourself. but it's not happy. Like all Toshiro's movies, it's well worth the time to watch.