Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl

Apr 8, 1983

1h 31m

★ 0.0

Overview

When the 'Lowly Ronin' helps an orphaned teenage girl avoid being turned into a prostitute, she then claims he is her father and they start a farm as father and daughter until fate steps in and he must draw his sword.

Genres

Action

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Mifune Productions

Fuji Television Network

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Cast

Sûrônin Rakuyôjûrô

Toshirō Mifune

Ofuku

Kaoru Sugita

Itakura

Renji Ishibashi

Kei Taguchi

Akama

Akira Hamada

Yoshiko Yoshino

Jinushi

Sakae Umezu

Michio Kida

Hirado

Shin Minatsu

Oraku

Junko Miyashita

San’nosuke

Atom Shimojo

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