Tomboy Samurai

Tomboy Samurai

1958 · 93 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

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...

Directed by Kunio Watanabe · Written by Shinichi Sekizawa

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