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Kaneto Shindô

Chikuzan hitori tabi (The Life of Chicuzan)

Director Kaneto Shindô Composer Hikaru Hayashi Cast Ryûzô Hayashi, Nobuko Otowa, Mitsuko Baishô
119' - 1977 - Drama - Dialogue: Japanese
After over 50 years of wandering up and down Japan, finally in the 1970s the rough-hewn blind shamisien player and folk-song collector named 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.

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Credits

Directors

Kaneto Shindô

Composers

Hikaru Hayashi

Cast

Ryûzô Hayashi, Nobuko Otowa, Mitsuko Baishô

Scenario

Kaneto Shindô

Producers

Manabu Akashi, Setsuo Noto

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Dialogue

Japanese

Countries of production

Japan

Year

1977