Tomboy Samurai

Tomboy Samurai

7.0IMDb Score
Released:1958-06-29
Genre:Drama
Duration:93 min
Country:Japan
Director:Kunio Watanabe
Actors:Hibari Misora, Jun Tazaki, Jūshirō Konoe, Hiroshi Nawa, Yuriko Tashiro
Production:Shochiku
Keywords:samurai woman

Overview:

The beautiful daughter of a merchant with a penchant for danger proves to be too much to handle for her worried father. Disguising herself as a man and changing her name, she heads for the capital...

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