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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Ken Ogata Toshiyuki Nishida Yuko Tanaka Kanako Higuchi Nobuko Otowa Jō Shishido Hideo Kanze Taiji Tonoyama Kotoe Hatsui Kazuko Imai Bin Moritsuka Kunio Ôtsuka Rokkō Toura Yoichi Sase Sakae Umezu Hiroshi Asami Ryunosuke Kuze Yūzō Hayakawa Aki Hyuga Yōko Ichiji Yuka Asagiri Etsuko Kurahashi Nobutaka Masutomi Kon Omura Kin'ya Aikawa Frankie Sakai
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