Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Genres
Overview
Based on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
103 min
Release Date
1963-10-05
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
11
Vote Average
7.6
Ayako Wakao
Tamae
Junichiro Yamashita
Kisuke
Tamao Nakamura
Omitsu
Kō Nishimura
Chubei
Jun Hamamura
Doctor
Saburo Date
Choshichi
Taiji Tonoyama
Monk
Yūsaku Terashima
San'emon Arashi
Koishima
Ichirō Amano
Sumao Ishihara
Fumiko Murata
Kōichi Mizuhara
Takatsugu Fukui
Eijirō Yamaoka
Takeshi Yabuuchi
Takeo Inoue
Hideo Kuroki
Keiko Koyanagi
Tsuyako Okajima
Nobuko Tanei
Masako Tomura
Kaoru Miyoshi
Chizuko Takamori
Ganjirō Nakamura II
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6.6
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7.1
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