Bonchi

Year: 1960

Runtime: 105 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Kon Ichikawa

Drama

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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