Top Cast
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Ken Ogata
Hokusai
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Toshiyuki Nishida
Kyokutei Baken
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Yuko Tanaka
Oei
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Kanako Higuchi
Onao
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Nobuko Otowa
Omomo
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Joe Shishido
Jyuppensha Ikku
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Hideo Kanze
Karino
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Taiji Tonoyama
Tattooist
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Kotoe Hatsui
Overview
The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.
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