
The Life of Chikuzan
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.
- Year: 1977
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Drama, History
- Studio: Kindai Eiga Kyokai
- Keyword: biography, shamisen, blind musician, biographical drama
- Director: Kaneto Shindō
- Cast: Ryūzō Hayashi, Nobuko Otowa, Mitsuko Baisho, Dai Kanai, Hiroko Isayama, Hideo Kanze