Trapped, the Crimson Bat

Jun 21, 1969

1h 27m

★ 6.5

Longing to live and love like other women but compelled to remain a desperado

Overview

Oichi may have met her match as she vies against the evil beauty that has set her sights on destroying her. She must face numerous other challenges before confronting her greatest rival. While longing to live and love like other women, she realizes that she can never have a normal life, her sword which she holds on to like a security blanket will always come between her and such a life...

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Action

Production Companies

Shochiku Kyoto

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Cast

Oichi

Yōko Matsuyama

Mosaku

Yasunori Irikawa

Oen

Kikko Matsuoka

Bunzo

Tōru Abe

Senkichi

Ryoichi Tamagawa

Yasugoro

Hiroshi Minami

Iwakichi

Haruo Tanaka

Jisaku

Atsushi Watanabe

Kazuo Nagayama

Okyo

Yuriko Iwamura

Otane

Emiko Kure

Tobei

Omenosuke Ichikawa

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