Writer Jippensha Ikku hears Tsutaya Juzaburo, a wholesaler of picture books, mutter on his deathbed, "Where has Sharaku gone?" He begins to figure out the true identity of Sharaku, who disappeared after about 150 portraits of actors he created came out.

• NHK
• Kei Satō
• Isao Yamagata
• Kyôko Kishida
• Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
• Tsutomu Yamazaki
• Isao Kimura
• Kōji Nanbara
• Kazuyoshi Kushida