Bonchi (ぼんち) 64 years old

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.

Credits

Machiko Kyō as Ofuku

Ayako Wakao as Ponta

Tamao Nakamura as Hiroko

Raizō Ichikawa as Kikuji

Eiji Funakoshi as Kihei

Isuzu Yamada as Sei

Bonchi Cast

Name	Character
Machiko Kyō She was 36, 95 years old when she died	as Ofuku
Ayako Wakao She was 26, now 91 years old	as Ponta
Tamao Nakamura She was 20, now 85 years old	as Hiroko
Raizō Ichikawa He was 28, 37 years old when he died	as Kikuji
Eiji Funakoshi He was 37, 84 years old when he died	as Kihei
Isuzu Yamada She was 43, 95 years old when she died	as Sei
Mitsuko Kusabue She was 26, now 91 years old	as Ikako
Kikue Môri She was 56, 97 years old when she died	as Kino

Bonchi Crew

Name	Department
Masaichi Nagata as Producer. He was 54 (79) years old when He died	Production
Kazuo Miyagawa as Director of Photography. He was 52 (90) years old when He died	Camera
Yoshinobu Nishioka as Art Direction. He was 37 (97) years old when He died	Art
Kon Ichikawa as Director. He was 44 (92) years old when He died	Directing
Kon Ichikawa as Writer. He was 44 (92) years old when He died	Writing
Natto Wada as Writer. She was 39 (62) years old when She died	Writing
Yasushi Akutagawa as Original Music Composer. He was 35 (64) years old when He died	Sound

Bonchi (64 years)

Release day: Thursday, April 14, 1960
Runtime: 105 minutes