The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel beatings.
Cast
Nobuko Otowa
Teru Kamozawa
Tokuko Watanabe
Shunkin Mozuya
Jiro Kawarazaki
Sasuke Nukui
Daijirō Harada
Toshitarô
Taiji Tonoyama
Harumatsu
Rokkō Toura
Clerk
Daigo Kusano
Doctor
Tetsuji Takechi
Yasuzaemon
Kotoe Hatsui
Shige - Yasuzaemon's wife
Chūzaburō Wakamiya
Unknown
Kakuko Motoyama
Doctor's wife
Shōji Ōki
Unknown
Yoshinobu Ogawa
Unknown
Isamu Osuga
Unknown
Haruko Toda
Unknown
Kaneto Shindō
Researcher
Crew
Kaneto Shindō
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Junichirō Tanizaki
Novel
Mitsuo Kondō
Editor
Kiyomi Kuroda
Director of Photography
Kinshirō Kuzui
Executive Producer
Manabu Akashi
Executive Producer
Ichiro Tsujii
Sound Recordist
Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer
Ken'ichi Okamoto
Gaffer
Takesaburô Watanabe
Art Direction
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