Rikisha-Man

views updated

Rikisha-Man ★★★½ Rickshaw Man; Muhomatsu no Issho 1958

A tragic melodrama about a rickshaw puller who helps raise a young boy after his father has died, and loves the boy's mother from afar. Inagaki's remake of his original 1943 version. In Japanese with English subtitles. 105m/B VHS, DVD . JP Toshiro Mifune; D: Hiroshi Inagaki.

More From encyclopedia.com