Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963 · Movie · 103 min. · Japan
Based on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, a celebrated writer whose fictions also furnished plots for directors from Tadashi Imai to Masahiro Shinoda, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife. Though uncharacteristically cold for Yoshimura, the film makes stunning use of its stark black and white cinematography, and boasts an extraordinary lead performance from Ayako Wakao
Direction Kôzaburô Yoshimura
Cast Ayako Wakao · Junichiro Yamashita · Tamao Nakamura · Ganjiro Nakamura · Saburo Date · Jun Hamamura · Kô Nishimura · Taiji Tonoyama
Soundtrack Sei Ikeno
Screenplay Ryozo Kasahara · Tsutomu Minakami
Cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa
Original title Echizen take-ningyo
7.2
25 votes (FilmAffinity)
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