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Hymn

Sanka

1972

Kaneto Shindô

Tokuko Watanabe, Jiro Kawarazaki, Nobuko Otowa, Tetsuji Takechi ...

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Drama The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel beatings. After an unknown intruder probably one of her pupils, who seeks revenge for her cruel behaviour, pours boiling water on the sleeping Shunkin's face, Sasuke blinds himself in order not to behold her disfigurement. Sasuke's sacrifice, made in response to Shunkin's tacit wish, seals their life-long relationship. [+]

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