The Woman and the Pirate (1959)

9.0/10 • 90 min •

Overview

In the early Edo period, among the pirate ships that roamed the seas near Ryukyu and Korea, there was a ship called the Sueyoshi, led by a man known as Misaki Shogoro, who was infamous for his devilish cruelty. Shogoro had a rule: he would kill all the men from the ships he raided, while the women would be distributed among the crew for their pleasure. However, he himself never touched any woman. Aboard the ship was a young girl named Kogane, who had been raised on the ship since she was a child and dressed as a boy. Unbeknownst to others, she had grown to secretly adore Shogoro.

Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa

御崎庄五郎

Machiko Kyō

Machiko Kyō

Isao Kimura

Tokiko Mita

Keiko Yumi

Ikuko Mōri

Mayumi Kurata

お百

Jun Tazaki

大ノ字の安

Shunji Sakai

Seizaburō Kawazu

川島源次郎

Saburo Date

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