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World Television Theatre: My Father Hokusai

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

by Seiji Hoshikawa
The first of a short season of television dramas from abroad.

Awarded the 1972 Italia Prize for Drama, this production from Japan is a portrait of one of that country's most famous artists-Hokusai, the eccentric genius of the art of Ukiyoe, wood block painting.
A production of Mainichi Broadcasting System, Osaka

Contributors

Writer:
Seiji Hoshikawa
Director:
Hiroyasu Segi
Hokusai:
Rentaro Mikuni
Oei, his daughter:
Mariko Okada
Tominosuke, his son:
Masakazu Tamura
Bakin:
Kan-Emon Nakamura
Tsutaya:
Masaya Takahashi
Bakin's wife:
Kayoko Matsui
Source: Radio Times

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