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The Journey of the Blind Musicians
JAPAN · 1972

The Journey of the Blind Musicians

Nagisa Oshima
Japanese New Wave blind musicians shamisen performance traveling entertainers rural Japan female itinerant workers
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Synopsis

"Goze" drawn by painter Shinichi Saito. One of the few remaining blind women in the snowy Niigata region, a traveling entertainer who played the shamisen and sang, visited villages and left a record of living on the mercy of others.

Year1972
CountryJapan
DirectorNagisa Oshima
MovementJapanese New Wave
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