Bonchi

Bonchi

105 mins | Drama | April 14, 1960

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.

Bonchi

105 mins | Drama | April 14, 1960

Bonchi
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Original title ぼんち
Directors Kazuo Ikehiro, Kon Ichikawa
Writers Toyoko Yamasaki, Natto Wada, Kon Ichikawa

Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

as Kikuji

Ayako Wakao

as Ponta

Fubuki Koshiji

as Hisako

Mitsuko Kusabue

as Ikako

Tamao Nakamura

as Hiroko

Isuzu Yamada

as Sei

Kikue Mōri

as Kino

Machiko Kyō

as Ofuku

Eiji Funakoshi

as Kihei