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1977 Japanese film

The Life of Chikuzan (竹山ひとり旅, Chikuzan hitori tabi) is a 1977 Japanese biographical drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō.

It is based on the life of shamisen player Takahashi Chikuzan.^[1][2]

Plot

The real Chikuzan appears on a stage in a small theatre, Shibuya Jean-Jean, and begins telling the story of his life.

The scene changes to his childhood. Sadazo (Chikuzan's real name) becomes partially blind due to illness at the age of three.

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Growing up he is bullied. His mother Toyo (Nobuko Otowa) buys him a shamisen and apprentices him to a blind bosama, a begging shamisen player. He finds that although his teacher begs, cajoles and wheedles, pleading poverty, the teacher is actually rich.

After training he sets off and works as a begging shamisen player. He meets various people on his travels around Tohoku and Hokkaido, living hand to mouth. One man is a thief who becomes a tinker (Takuzo Kawat