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The Rickshaw Man ()

Muhômatsu no isshô (original title)
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A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
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Matsugoro
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Yoshiko Yoshioka
Hiroshi Akutagawa ...
Capt. Kotaro Yoshioka
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Shigezo Yuki
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Otora (innkeeper)
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Kumakichi
Jun Tatara ...
Theatre employee
Kenji Kasahara ...
Toshio Yoshioka
Kaoru Matsumoto ...
Young Toshio
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Yoshiko's brother
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Medicine peddler
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Yoshiko's sister-in-law
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Fencing master
Yoshio Kosugi
Senkichi Ômura
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Takuzô Kumagai ...
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Policeman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Hiroshi Inagaki

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Hiroshi Inagaki ... (writer)
 
Mansaku Itami ... (writer)
 
Shunsaku Iwashita ... (story)

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Tomoyuki Tanaka ... producer

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Ikuma Dan

Cinematography by

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Kazuo Yamada

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Yoshitami Kuroiwa

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Hiroshi Ueda

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Teruo Maru ... chief assistant director

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Yoshio Nishikawa ... sound
Hisashi Shimonaga ... sound

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Ichirô Inohara ... lighting technician
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Plot Summary

In the turn of the Twentieth Century, the rickshaw driver Matsugoro "Matsu" is a happy man and a troublemaker well-known by everyone in his village. One day, Matsu sees an injured boy, Toshio, and brings him home. His mother Yoshiko Yoshioka asks Matsuo to take the boy to the doctor and then her husband Capt. Kotaro Yoshioka asks her to reward Matsu. However the rickshaw man refuses the money and becomes a friend of the family. When Kotaro unexpectedly dies, Matsuo helps Yoshiko to raise her son. Soon he falls in love with her, but he does not dare to open his heart to Yoshiko since they belong to different social classes. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines Awarded the Golden Lion of St. Mark at the Venice Film Festival. A tender love story, scorching characterizations, deeply human qualities, and a wonderous and colorful background of Japan's festivals. See more »
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Also Known As
  • 無法松の一生 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • The Rickshaw Man (United States)
  • The Rickshaw Man (Canada, English title)
  • The Rikisha Man (United States)
  • Muhomatsu No Issho (Thailand, English title)
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  • 103 min
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Trivia Spoilers The turning rickshaw wheel, consistently interspersed throughout the film, has several meanings. At a superficial level, it represents the life of Matsugoro and the passage of time. On a deeper level, it can be seen as symbolizing the Buddhist wheel of life. At the end of the film, the wheel stops, representing not just Matsugoro's death, but also his exiting of cyclic existence (reincarnation) through his selfless life and service to others. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015). See more »
Quotes Matsugoro: If I were a man of some learning I could be of help to you. But I'm just a rickshaw man. I'm useless to you.
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