Tsugaru Folksong(1973)
A young girl is being asked about a man with whom she was keeping company, as her grandmother plays a lament on a shamisen. Then the focus changes to a couple arriving from Tokyo - the woman returning to her home, the man an escapee from the yakuza. The man doesn't seem to mind when the woman sells her favours to tourists at the local bar, just as she seems to take his attentions to Yuki, a blind girl, with equanimity.
Movie: Tsugaru Folksong
Top 8 Billed Cast
Isako Nakazato
Tetsuo Iwaki
Tamezo Tsukamoto
Kanayama
Yutaka
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A young girl is being asked about a man with whom she was keeping company, as her grandmother plays a lament on a shamisen. Then the focus changes to a couple arriving from Tokyo - the woman returning to her home, the man an escapee from the yakuza. The man doesn't seem to mind when the woman sells her favours to tourists at the local bar, just as she seems to take his attentions to Yuki, a blind girl, with equanimity.
Release Date
1973-12-20
Average
7.2
Rating:
3.6 startsTagline
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Languages:
日本語
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