
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.

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

Krotoa
Krotoa

Queen Elizabeth II: Her Glorious Reign
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Glorious Reign

The Rothschilds
The Rothschilds

Carlotta
Carlotta

Dahmer
Dahmer

Shania A Life in Eight Albums
Shania A Life in Eight Albums

The Meanest Man in Texas
The Meanest Man in Texas

The Ron Clark Story
The Ron Clark Story

Nowhere Boy
Nowhere Boy

Wild Romance
Wild Romance

Mary Kom
Mary Kom

Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness
Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness