(竹山ひとり旅)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Japan

Genres:

Drama,

History

Runtime:

124 minutes

Year:

1977

Directors:

Kaneto Shindō

Production companies:

Kindai Eiga Kyokai

Actors:

Chikuzan Takahashi

Toyo, Mother

Chikuzan's 2nd wife

Sadakichi, Father

Tomiko

Crews:

Director

Writer

Director of Photography