Product Description
Bunshichi Mottoi is based on a famous rakugo story by Sanyutei Encho and was adapted for the stage for first time in 1891. This version was revised and directed for the stage and Cinema Kabuki by Yoji Yamada, and was filmed at Shimbashi Embujo Theatre in Tokyo, 2007. Chobei, a skilled plasterer, gambles his family into poverty. His daughter turns to prostitution, and the 'Madam' where she works, touched by her selflessness, arranges a loan for Chobei. Chobei while on his way home, saves a young man, who has lost a lot of money, from comitting suicide, but who will believe him..
NTSC, Region Code 2, 87 minutes, 16:9 HD Size, Dolby Digital 5.1ch (1) and 2.0ch Dolby Digital sound (2).
