An Artist of the Floating World

An Artist of the Floating World

89 mins | Drama | March 30, 2019

In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into WWII.

An Artist of the Floating World

89 mins | Drama | March 30, 2019

An Artist of the Floating World
In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into WWII.
Producers NHK
Original title 浮世の画家
Directors Kazuki Watanabe
Writers Yuki Fujimoto, Kazuo Ishiguro

Cast

Ken Watanabe

as Ono Masuji

Ryoko Hirosue

as Murakami Setsuko

Aki Maeda

as Ono Noriko

Kokoro Terada

as Murakami Setsuko

Masato Wada

as Murakami Soichi

Masato Hagiwara

as Kuroda

Daichi Watanabe

as Enchi

Kouhei Takeda

as Miyake Jiro

Ryuta Sato

as Shintaro

Natsuko Akiyama

as Madam Kawakami

Eiji Okuda

as Matsuda

Aoi Nakamura

as Ono Masuji

Shunsuke Daitoh

as Matsuda

Fumiyo Kohinata

as Moriyama Seiji

Tomoya Maeno

as Nakahara Yasunari

Shiro Sano

as Dr. Saito

Kimiko Yo

as Mrs. Saito