Bamboo Doll of Echizen

越前竹人形
1963 103 min Drama

Brutal meets kabuki. A grieving bamboo worker marries his father's former lover. The wife carries the film’s quiet, cutting sorrow across 1963 Japan.

Directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura · Written by Ryōzō Kasahara

Starring Ayako Wakao, Junichiro Yamashita, Tamao Nakamura, Kō Nishimura, Jun Hamamura, Saburo Date

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