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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.Read moreLess
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.
The 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
Ryūzō HayashiChikuzan Takahashi
Nobuko OtowaToyo, Mother
Mitsuko BaishoChikuzan's 2nd wife
Hiroko IsayamaTomiko
Hideo KanzeTokura
Atsuko KawaguchiOtoki
Takuzō KawataniSenta
Hōsei KomatsuGoto
Akemi NegishiTami
Sumie SasakiMaid
Yoshie ShimamuraCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Kaneto Shindō
- Writer
- Kaneto Shindō
- Director of Photography
- Kiyomi Kuroda