
Bonchi
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.
Bonchi
April 14, 1960
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Cast (29)

Raizō Ichikawa
Kikuji

Ayako Wakao
Ponta

Fubuki Koshiji
Hisako

Mitsuko Kusabue
Ikako

Tamao Nakamura
Hiroko

Isuzu Yamada
Sei

Kikue Mōri
Kino

Mayumi Kurata
N/A

Machiko Kyō
Ofuku

Eiji Funakoshi
Kihei

Ichirō Sugai
N/A

Mantarō Ushio
N/A

Ikuko Mōri
N/A

Kimiko Tachibana
N/A

Jun Hamamura
N/A

San'emon Arashi
N/A

Saburo Date
N/A

Hiroshi Ueda
N/A

Yasuhiko Shima
N/A

Sentarô Godai
N/A

Kin'ya Ichikawa
N/A

Kanae Kobayashi
N/A

Keiko Koyanagi
N/A

Nobuko Tanei
N/A

Kazuko Taniguchi
N/A

Asako Takahara
N/A
Crew (12)
Directing

Kon Ichikawa
Director

Kazuo Ikehiro
Assistant Director
Writing
Production

Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Sound

Yasushi Akutagawa
Original Music Composer
Art

Yoshinobu Nishioka
Art Direction
Camera

Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew

Masao Ōsumi
Sound Recordist
Editing

Shigeo Nishida
Editor
Lighting

Kenichi Okamoto
Lighting Technician