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The Life of Chikuzan (1977)

The Life of Chikuzan (1977)

Drama History
Release Date: 1977, March 17
Directors: Kaneto Shindō
Countries: Japan
Production: Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Cast: Hōsei Komatsu, Hiroko Isayama, Mitsuko Baisho, Akemi Negishi, Takuzō Kawatani, Sumie Sasaki, Hideo Kanze, Atsuko Kawaguchi, Dai Kanai, Nobuko Otowa, Ryūzō Hayashi

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

biography biographical drama shamisen blind musician