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Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Bamboo Doll of Echizen

Bamboo Doll of Echizen

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

103 mins

Rating

7.6/10

Release Date

05 October 1963

Country

Japan

Cast

Ayako Wakao

Ayako Wakao

Tamae

Junichiro Yamashita

Junichiro Yamashita

Kisuke

Tamao Nakamura

Tamao Nakamura

Omitsu

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Chubei

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Doctor

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Choshichi

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Monk

Yūsaku Terashima

Yūsaku Terashima

San'emon Arashi

San'emon Arashi

Koishima

Ichirō Amano

Ichirō Amano

Sumao Ishihara

Sumao Ishihara

Fumiko Murata

Fumiko Murata

Kōichi Mizuhara

Kōichi Mizuhara

Takatsugu Fukui

Takatsugu Fukui

Eijirō Yamaoka

Eijirō Yamaoka

Takeshi Yabuuchi

Takeshi Yabuuchi

Takeo Inoue

Takeo Inoue

Hideo Kuroki

Hideo Kuroki

Keiko Koyanagi

Keiko Koyanagi

Tsuyako Okajima

Tsuyako Okajima

Nobuko Tanei

Nobuko Tanei

Masako Tomura

Masako Tomura

Kaoru Miyoshi

Kaoru Miyoshi

Chizuko Takamori

Chizuko Takamori

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Ganjirō Nakamura II

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