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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Kaneto ShindōDirector
- Kaneto ShindōWriter
Cast
- 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