BENTEN KOZO
Original Title:  Hibari Juhachiban Benten Kozo
Company:
 
Toei Company Ltd.
Production Year:  1960
Format:
 16:9 Widescreen - Color - 73 mins - English Subtitles
Cast:
 MISORA Hibari, SATOMI Kotaro, WAKAYAMA Tomisaburo
Directed by:  SASAKI Yasushi
Where to Buy: 
 www.kurotokagi.com
Hibari Masori, the most popular female singer in Japan, plays a young male kabuki actor in this classic tale. When Kiku is blamed for a murder and shunned by his mother, he dons the personality of Benten Kozo (a real historical person). Joining a band of Robin Hood type bandits, he fights off a gang of criminals terrorizing his home town. Co-starring screen-legends Tomisaburo Wakayama and Kotaro Satomi, showing of some of their unique style of swordsmanship.



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