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.
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Raizō Ichikawa
Kikuji
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Ayako Wakao
Ponta
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Fubuki Koshiji
Hisako
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Mitsuko Kusabue
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Sei
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Naritoshi Hayashi
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Ganjirō Nakamura II
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Kikue Mōri
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Mayumi Kurata
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Tanie Kitabayashi
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Machiko Kyō
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Kon Ichikawa Director · Natto Wada Screenplay Toyoko Yamasaki Author
First release April 13, 1960 · Produced in Japan · Original title ぼんち
Production
Daiei Film
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Japan
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Original title
ぼんち
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 13, 1960
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No release date listed for United States.
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