Underplayed Gems

Kunoichi Keshō (1964)

Kunoichi Keshō poster
Original title
くノ一化粧
Directed by
Sadao Nakajima
Genre
action, romance, fantasy
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a Japanese comedy set in the samurai era. It follows a female ninja or spy involved in intrigues and disguises.

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What happens

Kunoichi Keshō (Japanese: くノ一化粧), also known as The Spying Sorceress is a 1964 Japanese comedy jidaigeki film directed by Sadao Nakajima. Nakajima himself did the casting and Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Kō Nishimura and Masumi Harukawa were cast from Shohei Imamura's film Unholy Desire because he was impressed with the film. It is based on Futaro Yamada's novel of the same title and is the second in Toei's Kunoichi film series based on Yamada's works. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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