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7.5/10   156 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Hiroshi Inagaki (writer)
Mansaku Itami (writer)
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Release Date:
3 May 1960 (USA) more
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A poor rickshaw driver finds himself taking care of a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Toshirô Mifune ... Matsugoro
Hideko Takamine ... Yoshiko Yoshioka
Hiroshi Akutagawa ... Capt. Kotaro Yoshioka
Chishû Ryû ... Shigezo Yuki
Chôko 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 Kôdô
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Muhomatsu, the Rikshaw Man
The Rickshaw Man (USA)
Wild Matsu, the Rickshaw Man (literal English title)
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Runtime:
103 min
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Remake of Muhomatsu no issho (1943) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Great acting and story, 23 March 2003
10/10
Author: jim priddy from Sandy Eggo, California

While filled with pathos, there is enough fun in this film to keep you on your toes. Set in Japan at the turn of the 20th century, it shows how a simple rickshaw man has to adjust to the modernization of his country. Menawhile, keeping his promise to a dead client, he cares for the wife and child of the dead naval officer. The hitch is that he loves the beautiful widow and child. Yet, is constrained by social boundries from ever expressing it to them.

Only Mifune could have turned in a performance such as this.

Just wish they'd remaster this rascal and offer it as a DVD.

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