The Life of Chikuzan

03/17/1977

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2hrs 4min

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Drama

,History

STORY

After over 50 years of wandering up and down Japan, finally in the 1970s, the rough-hewn blind shamisen player and folk-song collector named Takahashi Chikuzan became a musical sensation. This biographical drama chronicles his wanderings and his life, with a particular focus on his humble beginnings as a peasant on a remote and arid island.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Ryūzō Hayashi
  • Nobuko Otowa
  • Mitsuko Baisho
  • Dai Kanai
  • Hiroko Isayama

    Director

  • Kaneto Shindō

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Kindai Eiga Kyokai

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese