The Life of Chikuzan

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.

• Kaneto ShindōDirector
• Kaneto ShindōWriter

• Ryūzō HayashiChikuzan Takahashi
• Nobuko OtowaToyo, Mother
• Mitsuko BaishoChikuzan's 2nd wife
• Dai KanaiSadakichi, Father
• Hiroko IsayamaTomiko
• Hideo KanzeTokura
• Atsuko KawaguchiOtoki
• Takuzō KawataniSenta
• Hōsei KomatsuGoto
• Akemi NegishiTami
• Sumie SasakiMaid
• Yoshie ShimamuraCast