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.
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Hibari Misora
Kosho Kikunosuke
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Yasushi Sasaki
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Yasushi Sasaki Director · Tatsuo Nakada Writer Torao Setoguchi Story
First release January 3, 1960 · Produced in Japan · Original title ひばり十八番 弁天小僧
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
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Original title
ひばり十八番 弁天小僧
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 3, 1960
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No release date listed for United States.
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