Crippled Kabuki player Tonbo is taken in by a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold art, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal.
Tonbo
Okan
Tsutaya
Ikugorō
Utamaro
Hanasato
Tetsuzō
Ofuji
Osato
Gohi
Santō Kyōden
Manager Yohei
Tsuruya Namboku IV
Ōta Nanpo
Matsudaira Sadanobu
Ichikawa Danjūrō V
Ichikawa Omezō I
Iwai Hanshirō IV
Tomisaburo Segawa
Tsuruya Kiemon
Sakichi
