Benten Kozo

Benten Kozo

1960
1h 14m
6.0

6.0/10

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Overview

Orphaned Kiku was raised at a Buddhist temple and learned theatrical arts and martial arts as a child, which were used to put on stage productions to raise money for the temple, but also to display young lads who were essentially for sale to the highest bidder. When Kiku gets fed up with how the temple uses the orphans and wants to leave he gets accused of a double murder and has to flee for his life and liberty.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

Quick Facts

Original Title ひばり十八番 弁天小僧
Release Date January 3, 1960
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt11107658

Cast

Hibari Misora
Hibari Misora

Kosho Kikunosuke

Kōtarō Satomi
Kōtarō Satomi

Hiromi Hanazono
Hiromi Hanazono

Tomisaburō Wakayama
Tomisaburō Wakayama

Atsuko Nakazato
Atsuko Nakazato

Yataro Kurokawa
Yataro Kurokawa

Eijirō Yanagi
Eijirō Yanagi

Kinichi Hanabusa
Kinichi Hanabusa

Mitsuko Miura
Mitsuko Miura

Isao Yamagata
Isao Yamagata

Kusuo Abe
Kusuo Abe

Junko Mizuki
Junko Mizuki

Key Crew

Yasushi Sasaki
Director
Yumi Kobe
Executive Producer
Tatsuo Nakada
Writer