Benten Kozo

Benten Kozo (1960) is a drama, action film directed by Yasushi Sasaki rated 6.0/10.

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.

Cast

Hibari Misora

Kosho Kikunosuke

Kōtarō Satomi

Hiromi Hanazono

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Atsuko Nakazato

Yataro Kurokawa

Eijirō Yanagi

Kinichi Hanabusa

Mitsuko Miura

Isao Yamagata

Kusuo Abe

Junko Mizuki