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Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

Raizō Ichikawa

Kikuji

Ayako Wakao

Ayako Wakao

Ponta

Fubuki Koshiji

Fubuki Koshiji

Hisako

Mitsuko Kusabue

Mitsuko Kusabue

Ikako

Tamao Nakamura

Tamao Nakamura

Hiroko

Isuzu Yamada

Isuzu Yamada

Sei

Naritoshi Hayashi

Naritoshi Hayashi

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Kikue Mōri

Kikue Mōri

Kino

Mayumi Kurata

Mayumi Kurata

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Machiko Kyō

Machiko Kyō

Ofuku

Eiji Funakoshi

Eiji Funakoshi

Kihei

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Mantarō Ushio

Mantarō Ushio

Ikuko Mōri

Ikuko Mōri

Kimiko Tachibana

Kimiko Tachibana

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

San'emon Arashi

San'emon Arashi

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Hiroshi Ueda

Hiroshi Ueda

Yasuhiko Shima

Yasuhiko Shima

Sentarô Godai

Sentarô Godai

Kinya Ichikawa

Kinya Ichikawa

Kanae Kobayashi

Kanae Kobayashi

Keiko Koyanagi

Keiko Koyanagi

Nobuko Tanei

Nobuko Tanei

Kazuko Taniguchi

Kazuko Taniguchi

Asako Takahara

Asako Takahara

Crew

Toyoko Yamasaki

Toyoko Yamasaki

Novel

Kon Ichikawa

Kon Ichikawa

Screenplay

Natto Wada

Natto Wada

Screenplay

Kazuo Ikehiro

Kazuo Ikehiro

Assistant Director

Kon Ichikawa

Kon Ichikawa

Director

Masaichi Nagata

Masaichi Nagata

Producer

Shigeo Nishida

Shigeo Nishida

Editor

Yoshinobu Nishioka

Yoshinobu Nishioka

Art Direction

Masao Ōsumi

Masao Ōsumi

Sound Recordist

Ken'ichi Okamoto

Ken'ichi Okamoto

Lighting Technician

Kazuo Miyagawa

Kazuo Miyagawa

Director of Photography

Yasushi Akutagawa

Yasushi Akutagawa

Original Music Composer

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Bonchi

19607.0 / 10105 min
Drama

Overview

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business, he stands by helplessly as his wife is thrown out of the house for producing a son. Driven to a life of dissipation - his mistresses also fail to produce daughters - in the end he is just too tired to care.