Bonchi (1960)
Original title: ぼんち
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. The film presages Ichikawa's The Makioka Sisters in its World War II nostalgia and visual sophistication.
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Raizō IchikawaKikuji
Tamao NakamuraHiroko
Mitsuko KusabueIkako
Machiko KyōOfuku
Ayako WakaoPonta
Fubuki KoshijiHisako
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Kikue MōriKino
Isuzu YamadaSei
Mayumi Kurata
Eiji FunakoshiKihei
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What is Bonchi about?
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. The film presages Ichikawa's The Makioka Sisters in its World War II nostalgia and visual sophistication.
How long is Bonchi?
Bonchi has a runtime of 105 minutes.