Rickshaw Man

, 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.