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Kumoemon Tochuken
JAPAN · 1936

Kumoemon Tochuken

Mikio Naruse
infidelity artistic partnership marriage deterioration Meiji era performer traditional Japanese music
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Synopsis

This film is based on a real Meiji era performer -- and tells of Tochuken's partnership with his wife (played by Chikako Hosokawa) who played shamisen for his songs/recitations), his affair with a geisha (Sachiko Chiba), and the deterioration of his partnership and marriage.

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