Benten Kozo (1960)
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.
Director: Yasushi Sasaki
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Hibari Misora as Kosho Kikunosuke |
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Kōtarō Satomi as |
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Hiromi Hanazono as |
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Tomisaburō Wakayama as |
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Atsuko Nakazato as |
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Yataro Kurokawa as |
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Eijirō Yanagi as |
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Kinichi Hanabusa as |
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Mitsuko Miura as |
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Isao Yamagata as |
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Kusuo Abe as |
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Junko Mizuki as |
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Rieko Matsukaze as |
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Ushio Akashi as |
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Sumiko Hidaka as |
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Kajō Onoe as |
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Ichiro Fukui as |
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Iwao Daimaru as |
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Takaaki Furuishi as |
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Shinnosuke Ogata as |
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Kenji Kusumoto as |
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Shinichi Hamada as |
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Yachiyo Kirishima as |
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Asano Kanamori as |
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Tetsunosuke Tsukigata as |
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Yoshio Kazumi as |
| Directing | Yasushi Sasaki | Director |
| Production | Yumi Kobe | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Torao Setoguchi | Original Story |
| Crew | Ko Matsui | Cinematography |
| Sound | Masao Yoneyama | Music |
| Art | Akira Yoshimura | Art Direction |
| Sound | Toshirō Sasaki | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Shuichi Yamane | Lighting Director |
| Writing | Tatsuo Nakada | Writer |