DramaHistory
The Life of Chikuzan
User Score4 votes
78%7.8/10
Release1977→
Runtime2H 4M
LanguageJapanese
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
Ryūzō Hayashi
Chikuzan Takahashi
Nobuko Otowa
Toyo, Mother
Mitsuko Baisho
Chikuzan's 2nd wife
Dai Kanai
Sadakichi, Father
Hiroko Isayama
Tomiko
Hideo Kanze
Tokura
Atsuko Kawaguchi
Otoki
Takuzō Kawatani
Senta
Media2
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Director
Kaneto Shindō
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Keywords
biographyshamisenblind musicianbiographical drama
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Countries:Japan
Production:Kindai Eiga Kyokai