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.
Acting
Ken Ogata plays Hokusai as a hunger that never closes.
Cinematography
Shindō frames flesh like landscape—honoring and consuming simultaneously.
Direction
Shindō at 70, still refusing to look away from human ugliness.
Director
Kaneto Shindō
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shindō cast his own partner Nobuko Otowa as Omomo; their 40-year creative collaboration mirrors the film's questions about who really makes the art.
The film's Japanese title 'Hokusai Manga' references Hokusai's sketch collections, not erotica—Shindō deliberately conflates high and low art to provoke.
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