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The Gay Masquerade is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Daisuke Itō with Ichikawa Raizō VIII
The Gay Masquerade (1958)
Benten Kozō
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Add to a movie listThe Gay Masquerade (弁天小僧, Benten Kozō) aka The Jovial Rascals of Edo, is a 1958 color Japanese film directed by Daisuke Itō.
The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo Award for best actor Raizo Ichikawa.
^ (Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1958/ch005110.htm accessed 5 January 2009
^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186867/releaseinfo#akas accessed 13 January 2009
^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186867/awards accessed 5 January 2008.
Synopsis
Toyama Saemonnojo, un dignitaire du shogunat séquestre dans sa demeure la belle Ohan afin d'obtenir ses faveurs. Mais Benzen Kozō, un fieffé bandit le fait chanter. Ce dernier intrigue pour soutirer de l'argent au dignitaire mais aussi pour séduire la jeune fille...Actors
Ichikawa Raizō VIII
(Benten kozo Kikunosuke)
Shintarō Katsu
(Toyama Saemonnojo)
Yatarō Kurokawa
Ryosuke Kagawa
Saburo Date
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