Kunoichi Keshō

Kunoichi Keshō (Japanese: くノ一化粧, Hepburn: Kunoichi Keshō) also known as The Spying Sorceress^[1] is a 1964 Japanese comedy jidaigeki film directed by Sadao Nakajima.^[2][3] 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.^[4] It is based on Futaro Yamada's novel of the same title and 2nd in his Kunoichi film series.^[5][6]

Kunoichi Keshō
Directed by	Sadao Nakajima
Screenplay by	Sō Kuramoto Sadao Nakajima
Based on	Kunoichi Keshō by Futaro Yamada
Starring	Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Kō Nishimura Masumi Harukawa Shoichi Ozawa Takeshi Kato Mako Midori Yuriko Mishima Jun Tatara Gannosuke Ashiya
Music by	Naozumi Yamamoto
Distributed by	Toei
Release date	December 12, 1964 (1964-12-12) (Japan)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

The plan to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate, led by Yui Shōsetsu and Marubashi Chūya, failed. Matsudaira Nobutsuna sensed the movement of Yui Shōsetsu and had Hattori Hanzo search for the funding source. As a result, Matsudaira Nobutsuna learned that the billions of treasure left by the Toyotomi clan had been hidden. He sends Amakusa Senchiyo and his subordinate to Nagasaki to find the treasure.^[6][7]

Cast

• Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Amakusa Senchiyo
• Kō Nishimura as Shinobu
• Masumi Harukawa as Kyara
• Shoichi Ozawa as Kyonen Mahiru
• Takeshi Kato as Hyakusai Mizuami
• Mako Midori as Oshino
• Yuriko Mishima as Osada
• Jun Tatara as Hattori Hanzo
• Gannosuke Ashiya as Kurama Izayoi

See also

• Kunoichi ninpō 1st in Futaro Yamada's Kunoichi film series. Directed by Sadao Nakajima.^[8]
• Ninpō-chushingura 3nd in Futaro Yamada's Kunoichi film series. Directed by Yasuto Hasegawa.^[9]