Bamboo Doll of Echizen (越前竹人形) 60 years old

Based on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife.

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Bamboo Doll of Echizen Cast

Name Character
Ayako Wakao She was 29, now 90 years old as Tamae
Taiji Tonoyama He was 47, 73 years old when he died
Jun Hamamura He was 57, 89 years old when he died as Doctor
Tamao Nakamura She was 24, now 84 years old as Omitsu
Saburo Date He was 39, 67 years old when he died as Choshichi
Ganjirō Nakamura He was 61, 81 years old when he died as Boatman
Kô Nishimura He was 40, 74 years old when he died
Kôichi Mizuhara He was 54, 60 years old when he died
Junichiro Yamashita as Kisuke
Yûsaku Terashima
Hideo Kuroki
San'emon Arashi He was 56, 73 years old when he died
Takatsugu Fukui
Keiko Koyanagi She was 37, now 98 years old
Sumao Ishihara He was 60, now 121 years old
Kaoru Miyoshi
Tsuyako Okajima She was 54, 80 years old when she died

Bamboo Doll of Echizen Crew

Name Department
Masaichi Nagata as Producer. He was 57 (79) years old when He died Production
Kazuo Miyagawa as Director of Photography. He was 55 (90) years old when He died Camera
Yoshinobu Nishioka as Art Direction. He was 41 (97) years old when He died Art
Ryôzô Kasahara as Writer. Writing
Kōzaburō Yoshimura as Director. He was 52 (89) years old when He died Directing
Sei Ikeno as Original Music Composer. He was 32 (73) years old when He died Sound
Bamboo Doll of Echizen poster
Bamboo Doll of Echizen (60 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, October 05, 1963
  • Runtime: 103 minutes