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The Life of Chikuzan

Kaneto Shindō

1977 • 2h 4m

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 biograp...

The Life of Chikuzan

Cast

Ryūzō Hayashi

Ryūzō HayashiChikuzan Takahashi

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko OtowaToyo, Mother

Mitsuko Baisho

Mitsuko BaishoChikuzan's 2nd wife

Dai KanaiSadakichi, Father

Hiroko Isayama

Hiroko IsayamaTomiko

Hideo Kanze

Hideo KanzeTokura

Atsuko Kawaguchi

Atsuko KawaguchiOtoki

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō KawataniSenta

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei KomatsuGoto

Akemi Negishi

Akemi NegishiTami

Sumie Sasaki

Sumie SasakiMaid

Yoshie Shimamura

Yoshie Shimamura

Crew

Kaneto Shindō

Kaneto ShindōDirector

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