Characters & Themes
Bonchi (1960) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1960 · 105 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Kon Ichikawa
- Starring
- Tamao Nakamura, Tanie Kitabayashi, Isuzu Yamada, Ichirô Sugai, Machiko Kyô, Kimiko Tachibana
Kikuji, the heir of an Osaka merchant clan that values matrilineal succession, is pressured by his domineering mother and grandmother to produce a daughter to inherit the family business. When his wife is expelled for bearing a son, he turns to a reckless life of indulgence, yet his mistresses also fail to give him a daughter, leaving him exhausted and indifferent.
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