

Orphaned Kiku was raised at a Buddhist temple and learned theatrical arts and martial arts as a child, which were used to put on stage productions to raise money for the temple, but also to display young lads who were essentially for sale to the highest bidder. When Kiku gets fed up with how the temple uses the orphans and wants to leave he gets accused of a double murder and has to flee for his life and liberty.

The original title is "ひばり十八番 弁天小僧" (JA).
The runtime is 74 minutes (1h 14m).
The film was directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
The screenplay was written by Tatsuo Nakada.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt11107658.

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