
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.
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Cast

Ryūzō Hayashi
Chikuzan Takahashi

Nobuko Otowa
Toyo, Mother

Mitsuko Baisho
Chikuzan's 2nd wife

Dai Kanai
Sadakichi, Father

Hiroko Isayama
Tomiko

Hideo Kanze
Tokura

Atsuko Kawaguchi
Otoki

Takuzō Kawatani
Senta

Hōsei Komatsu
Goto

Akemi Negishi
Tami

Sumie Sasaki
Maid

Yoshie Shimamura