The Life of Chikuzan
(1977)
★ 8.2 IMDb · 5 votes
Year: 1977
Runtime: 119 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 新藤兼人
Cast: 林隆三, 乙羽信子, 倍賞美津子, 金井大, 伊佐山ひろ子, 観世栄夫, 川口敦子, 川谷拓三, 小松方正, 根岸明美
Plot
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.