Bonchi
1960 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan
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. The film presages Ichikawa's The Makioka Sisters in its World War II nostalgia and visual sophistication.
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Raizô Ichikawa · Tamao Nakamura · Mitsuko Kusabue · Machiko Kyô · Ayako Wakao · Fubuki Koshiji · Kikue Môri · Isuzu Yamada · Eiji Funakoshi
Soundtrack Yasushi Akutagawa
Screenplay Kon Ichikawa · Natto Wada · Toyoko Yamasaki
Cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa
Original title Bonchi
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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