A Portrait of Shunkin

A Portrait of Shunkin

97 mins | Drama | Dec. 25, 1976

Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is badly scarred on her face. In order to preserve the memory of her once beautiful face, Sasuke takes away his own sight.

A Portrait of Shunkin

97 mins | Drama | Dec. 25, 1976

A Portrait of Shunkin
Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is badly scarred on her face. In order to preserve the memory of her once beautiful face, Sasuke takes away his own sight.
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., Horipro
Original title 春琴抄
Directors Katsumi Nishikawa
Writers Katsumi Nishikawa, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Junichirō Tanizaki

Cast

Momoe Yamaguchi

as Okoto(お琴)

Tomokazu Miura

as Sasuke(佐助)

Ikue Sakakibara

as お吉

Ryūji Shinagawa

as Senkichi(千吉)

Toru Wakasugi

as 富三郎

Akira Nagoya

as Zensuke(善助)

Akiko Kazami

as Shige(しげ)

Takako Kitagawa

as お種

Moeko Ezawa

as Geisha(芸妓)

Hōsei Komatsu

as Ichizo(市蔵)

Masakazu Kuwayama

as Yohei Nukui(温井与平)

Nobuo Nakamura

as Harumatsu(春松検校)

Takeya Nakamura

as Sahei(鵙屋安左衛門)

Masahiko Tsugawa

as Minoya(美濃屋利太郎)