Movie: The Princess of Badger Palace

Top 10 Billed Cast

Hibari Misora
美空ひばり

Tanukichiro

Izumi Yukimura
雪村いづみ

Princess Kinuta / Okuro

Yumi Shirakawa
白川由美

Ocho

Keiko Awaji
淡路恵子

Spider Queen of the Forest

Ichirō Arishima
有島一郎

Tanukizaemon

Bokuzen Hidari
左卜全

Awa-no-Kami

Kyōko Mine
峯京子

Osono

Chōchō Miyako
ミヤコ蝶々

Overnight guest

Yūji Nanto
南都雄二

Overnight guest

Daimaru Nakata
中田ダイマル

Overnight guest

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    Princess Kinuta runs away from the palace because she doesn't want a marriage of convenience. Princess Kinuta, who has never left the palace, didn't enjoy communing with wildlife for long when she was chased by bandit moles and accidentally fell into the Valley of the Spider's Web. The princess and a white butterfly bound by a mysterious thread were about to be eaten by the spider queen when they are rescued by Tanukichiyo, a young wandering samurai who happens to be passing by. Historical fantasy comedy starring Hibari and Izumi.

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    1958-02-26

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    日本語

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    jidaigeki

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