Bonchi

Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House

The Plot

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.

Run Time

1h 45m

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Release Date

14 Apr 1960

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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